Michael Chambers is a vsiting assistant professor of English. This interview has been edited for length, clarity, and style. What is one of the coolest things you have ever done? I’ve gotten to stay twice now overnight in a French chateau that is owned by a friend of a friend. He’s a count but doesn’t like to talk about it...
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QUICK HITS: Fredericks
Elizabeth Fredericks is an assistant professor of English at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length, style, and clarity. What is one of your favorite memories from your time in college? We had a poetry professor on campus who encouraged this activity that he called the poetry blitz, where the goal was to slip around campus and put...
‘Let’s eat grandma’
The three most controversial things in this world are politics, religion, and the Oxford comma. The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, appears before the last item in a series of three or more words or phrases. Some may not understand the significance of one of the littlest punctuation marks. Writers, editors, English professors, grammar enthusiasts, and Facebook...
Local nonprofit offers people with disabilities a ‘key’ to success
In the 1970s, it was virtually unheard of for a person with a disability to be hired and hold a job, according to Georgia Mason, Key Opportunities Program Manager. A local group of parents wanted to change that and give their children with disabilities a chance to reap the rewards of hard work. So, they started Key Opportunities. Today, the...
New club on campus comforts students with chronic illness
When junior Daniel Frandle was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2021, he felt the most comfort from talking to senior Jake Piornack, a friend who also suffered from a chronic illness, he said. This year, Piornack, working with Frandle and others, started the Medical Awareness Network, a group dedicated to providing other students with that same support as well...
Valentine’s Day: the hearts of Hillsdale
These responses have been compiled and edited by Tracy Wilson. How did you meet your spouse? Kátia Sherman, Assistant Professor of Spanish, married to Tom Sherman for 30.5 years: “He was teaching at Oberlin College, and I was an undergraduate student there. He had rooms to rent in his big house, and my sister and I came to check out...
