Garnering accolades for its thrilling portrayal of real events, and congressional criticism for its intense torture scenes, “Zero Dark Thirty” created quite the buzz. The film primarily focuses on the aggressive and motivated Maya (Jessica Chastain), a young CIA operative in charge of gathering any and all intelligence on Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Determined to locate...
Culture
Garrett Swanson: finding beauty in the unappreciated
Garrett Swanson ’12 said his favorite piece of artwork at the Detroit Institute of Art is something he sees patrons consistently ignore when visiting the museum. The piece is a 15th-century terra cotta, polychrome sculpture of the Madonna with child, attributed to the renowned Italian artist Donatello. Swanson said he likes discovering the underappreciated pieces in the museum. “The museum...
Inspired by the tales of Ancient Greece
This weekend the Hillsdale College Tower Dancers will perform their annual dance concert. The performance has a Grecian theme — congruent with the theatre department’s focus this year. “I really like having an overall theme,” sophomore and Tower Dancer Maran McLeod said. “It’s neat to have unity with the theater department. It helps the audience to focus in on the...
Q&A with Ken Myers
Ken Myers is a writer, editor, and radio personality who created Mars Hilll Audio in 1992 with the aim of producing “creative audio resources that encourage Christians to grow in obedient wisdom concerning the cultural consequences of our duty to love God and neighbor.” He sat down with The Collegian during a recent visit to campus as a part of...
