“I may be wrong, but I doubt that Jane Austen would have quite approved of the movies.” That’s how James Bowman, film critic at the American Spectator and author, kicked off the much-anticipated “Jane Austen on Film” Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series on Sunday, March 7. Bowman’s lecture focused on the major moral theme in Austen’s novels: the “I...
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‘The Loft’ wins IBS radio award for best comedy show
Radio Free Hillsdale’s “The Loft” won first place for Best Comedy show in the college-radio equivalent of the Academy Awards. “The Loft” is a weekly comedy variety show hosted by junior Rachel Kookogey, senior Caleb Ramette, and sophomore Nick Treglia and produced by freshman Josh Camp. The show, as Kookogey put it, “covers anything we find interesting or funny.” Familiar...
‘The Loft’ broadcasts live from union
The Loft student radio show broadcast live from the Grewcock Student Union during Parents’ Weekend last Friday. The show’s three hosts — junior Rachel Kookogey, senior Caleb Ramette, and sophomore Nick Treglia — discussed crazy news stories, interviewed students with their parents, and hosted game shows from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. The idea for the live broadcast came from...
‘Anything goes for the Icelandic chicken:’ Biology professor talks homesteading and raising chickens at Mossey Library lecture
If you visited the homestead “Antique Stonehope,” you would soon be surrounded by Icelandic chickens, turkeys, and, if you were really lucky, a wheat field. Assistant Professor of Biology Christopher Heckel grew up on a dairy farm in Litchfield, Michigan, but he now spends his free time raising “viking chickens” and doing other homesteading projects with his family. Antique Stonehope,...
Atlas given Freedom Leadership Award
Scott W. Atlas received Hillsdale College’s highest honor, the Freedom Leadership Award, at a National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix, Arizona on Feb. 18. “We’ve given it to Ronald Reagan, and we’ve given it to Margaret Thatcher, and we’ve given it to Clarence Thomas,” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said at the event. “That means leadership, which takes courage toward freedom,...
Debate team sweeps tournaments
The Hillsdale College debate team won awards in both Lincoln Douglas and parliamentary debate competitions this past weekend. The tournaments, which are online due to COVID-19, were hosted by Bowling Green State University in Ohio and Ithaca College in New York, respectively. Matthew Doggett, assistant professor of rhetoric and director of debate, said the success this past weekend is a...
Lamplighters women’s honorary initiates eight new members
Lamplighters, Hillsdale College’s honorary for senior women, initiated eight new members from the class of 2022 this past weekend: juniors Sarah Haught, Rachael Kiti, Sophia Spinazze, Elizabeth Hughes, Reagan Linde, Sonya Wirkus, Maya Kaniaupio, and Gladys Oster. The honorary was founded in 1949 in response to an all male honorary that existed at the time. Senior Claire Lupini, a current...
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