In 1961, G. & C. Merriam & Co. released Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, a $3.5 million and 27-year investment that prompted what the late author David Foster Wallace called “the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars.” Critics clamored to condemn the work as overly permissive. The New York Times demanded it’s recall and Dwight Macdonald went so far as...
Culture
Not my kind of christmas spirit
Handel’s “Messiah” is the epitome of Christmas music. Handel incorporates the purpose of the Messiah’s birth: His death and resurrection, man’s sinful nature, Christ’s forgiveness of sins, the Christian life. His music fits the occasion of the Christmas Holiday because it draws all the components of Christmas together in a great and glorious – albeit a bit lengthy when term...
Community symphony to perform at Hillsdale College
On Saturday evening, a group of 60 local musicians will share the gift of music with the Hillsdale community at the Hillsdale Community Wind Symphony Christmas concert. The free concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Markel Auditorium in the Sage Performing Arts Center. It will last approximately an hour and a half and will feature a blend of Christmas classics...
Misdirections hosts improv night
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., the theatre honorary, Alpha Psi Omega, will entertain its final audience for the semester in a hilarious variety show that will incorporate the vast talents of many faces you have seen this semester, the improvisational club Misdirections, and many more. Senior Stephan Godleski, President of Alpha Psi Omega, said the APOcalypse –– which will take...
