Smoke billowed up into the Mediterranean sky, just as the first stars began to pierce through the gentle dusk. Hushed, we crowded around the Paschal bonfire, candles in hand, eager for the Easter vigil to begin. Like many Hillsdale students, my Holy Saturday was one of prayer, community, and — at long last — celebration. Unlike others, I was experiencing...
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QUICK HITS with Michael Driscoll
In this Quick Hits, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Michael Driscoll talks Europe, Locke, coffee, and the Federalist Papers. What is your favorite meal that your wife makes? Tough one — she’s a good cook. There is this chicken and rice in a ginger and honey glaze that she makes that I really like. She makes a great beef...
From fire to fame: natural history museum celebrates 150th anniversary
Fossil fuel. That is what Hillsdale College’s fledgling natural history museum became after a fire ravaged the college on March 6, 1874. The cabinet of curiosities contained hundreds of specimens before the fire, including minerals, plants, bird skins, and fossil casts, according to an 1879 issue of the Hillsdale Herald, the college newspaper at the time. Only a few dozen...
Students attend United Nations summit
While some students sailed in the British Virgin Islands for spring break, other students traveled further north to the United Nations headquarters in New York City. A group of 12 students attended the Christian Council International’s United Nations Fellowship which included the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women and a conference on the Status of Women and Family. ...
Vesper service begins the great fast
As Western Christians prepare to celebrate Easter, the Orthodox Lent is just beginning The church is filled with golden icons of Christ and saints, each bearing the same gentle, intent expression. Men and veiled women enter solemnly, bowing and crossing themselves before the ornate images. Following a service, they will turn their gaze from the two-dimensional images to each other,...
Setting sail for spring break
Six women set sail in the British Virgin Islands for a week—the perfect reality TV show or Key West novel. But it’s actually a group of friends from Hillsdale College on spring break. Senior Grace Hearne has sailed in the British Virgin Islands many times with her family, and she said she was excited to share the experience with her...
