After just 18 hours of rehearsal, Hillsdale’s symphony orchestra will play a full concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the Sage Center for the Arts. The concert will feature two concerto competition winners, sophomore violinist Tova Forman and junior vocalist Sarah Schutte. The Hillsdale College Big Band will play a jazz afterglow concert following the performance. “We had a...
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‘Citizen Kane’ 76 years later: Still searching for the meaning of ‘rosebud’
A postgraduate student equipped with honors and diplomas once went to the Swiss biologist Louis Agassiz to receive the finishing touches on his degree. The great man offered him a small fish and told him to describe it. Postgraduate Student: “That’s only a sunfish.” Agassiz: “I know that. Write a description of it.” After a few minutes the student returned...
Coffeehouse turns down the volume for student musicians
The music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha will host its Coffeehouse acoustic music night on Saturday, March 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. This is a schedule change from the advertised March 3 performances. Event organizer junior Jacob Hann said Coffeehouse allows him to live out the fraternity’s mission to encourage musically talented students to perform publicly. “Coffeehouse lowers the...
The Great Wall Defends Mindless Action While Keeping Out Substance
In 1999, the now infamous film “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” was released. Featuring an overly-complicated plot involving space politics, characters people wish never existed, and hordes of CGI robots, the film today possesses a small cult following, but the vast majority of its viewers wish they could reclaim their forever lost two hours and sixteen minutes. This year, “The...
