In the summer months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, 35 Hillsdale College students interned in Washington, D.C. Their internships provided both professional and personal growth within the Hillsdale community. The 35 students, whose number has increased each year since COVID-19, showcased the appeal to working the summer leading up to the election, said Leah Whetstone-Nalepa, a consultant at...
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Professors’ Picks: Jason Peters, associate professor of English
Song: “Country Girl” by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1973) Mahler’s “Urlicht” is excellent, except you can’t dance to it, and I dance like Schubert’s trout. But don’t scorn the Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ trifecta: “Spaceship Orion” (it’s about drugs — I think), “Colorado Song” (special guitar tuning required), and “Country Girl” (killer harmonica). I like “Country Girl” best for two reasons:...
Theatre department to welcome students with annual picnic
Head to Sage room 142 at 5 p.m. today for this year’s annual theatre and dance department picnic. Following the picnic, at 7 p.m., auditions will be held for this fall’s plays: “Silent Sky” written by Lauren Gunderson which will be performed in October and “Ajax” by Sophocles showing in November. “The purpose is to just inform students about theater...
Swift expresses desire for marriage in new album
Taylor Swift released her long-anticipated “The Tortured Poets Department” on April 19. The album has a lot of impressive songwriting and commentary but fell short in some significant areas. The album featured a number of songs that were lyrically and musically complex, but also a number of filler songs. With 31 tracks on the full version of the album, a...
