Four students created a documentary called “Defending Liberty,” which explored the lives of Hillsdale students who served for the Union in the Civil War. The documentary focuses on three soldiers and one nurse who left Hillsdale to serve the Union. Seniors Reagan Gensiejewski and Lily McHale, junior Gabrielle Bessette, and sophomore Carter McNish created this...
For the first time in Hillsdale history, the Hillsdale College Big Band competed in a Battle of the Bands against the Harry James Orchestra. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, students in the Big Band, directed by Chris McCourry, bonded with the professional musicians over their shared love of jazz music. “You could see how impressed the...
The day before speaking at Hillsdale’s fall convocation, renowned poet Dana Gioia read a selection of his own works to a group of students and faculty. At the event, Gioia followed his poetry readings by answering questions from the audience and signing books, engaging in further discussion with the group. The event organizer, associate professor...
The new student-run magazine on campus first passed into readers’ hands in September. Its name? Simply, “The Magazine.” Senior Aidan Cyrus and junior Noah Hoonhout said that, while campus publications like the Collegian, Tower Light, and The Hillsdale Forum provide campus with news, literature, and intellectual essays, they saw room for a culture magazine that...
The Tower Players took character development to a new level with nine different men and women playing the role of King Henry in the abridged and adapted version of “Henry V.” The show will be performed in the Markel Auditorium between Nov. 10 and Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and on Nov. 14 at 2...