For 2012 alumna Caitlyn Larsen, work means playing with fire. Larsen is a stuntwoman for “Marvel Universe LIVE!,” a live-action stunt show featuring characters from Marvel storylines. Larsen plays Nebula, a character from “Guardians of the Galaxy.” “I basically grew up and decided I was going to keep playing with toys for a living,” Larsen said. Trained in eight different...
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Unsung Heroes of Hillsdale: Custodian Rick Arsenault
August 15, 1988. Without hesitation, Rick Arsenault recalled the first day he started working at Hillsdale College, even though he says he doesn’t remember dates well. Arsenault, Sage Center for the Arts’ custodian, said he is aware that August will mark his 30th anniversary at the college. He has seen buildings come down and others constructed. The faculty has doubled...
Family at Hillsdale: The Stonemans, 2/5 of the rhetoric department
When Breta Stoneman switched her major from journalism to rhetoric, she never imagined that the decision would introduce her to her future husband and her future teaching colleague. Stoneman, an adjunct professor of rhetoric and public address, joined the Hillsdale faculty this semester. She was drawn to Hillsdale because it was a place that harbored community, family, and a channel...
On pilgrimage, Whalen travels Italy with juggling troupe
There are two ways to tour Rome: the normal way, and the slightly more extraordinary — where you bring juggling pins instead of cash, survive on bread, cheese, and olives, and make your parents fear you’ll never return. “We wanted to see Europe,” Professor of English Benedict Whalen said, “but there was also a component of prayer and visiting churches...
To mime as the spirit enabled them
Before they went down to the square, they smeared white paint on their faces and drew delicate black lines to accentuate their facial features. There was no crowd initially, just people milling about a public place in Guatemala. The students arrived with their director and smiled at the Guatemalans as they climbed the stairs of the gazebo in the center...
The two sides of the same podium
Clifford Humphrey taught English in China for a year before enrolling in Hillsdale’s graduate program. Tom Tacoma attended Hillsdale and received his master’s degree before returning as a graduate student. Now, both have experience teaching undergraduate politics courses at the college. Teaching adjunctly is a common step toward becoming a full-time instructor, but Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of...
