Chuck Hinkley contracted leprosy when he ate a roadkill armadillo while working in a little town called Bonifay in the panhandle of Florida. His struggle with the disease inspired him to write the song "Heart Full of Grief," a ballad about a woman who kills her beau when she learns he has the same sickness. (1) comment
I was born and raised in a cabin up off Green Stick Branch, near the geyser at Old Fort. When I was a boy, a tree fell on my pappy. After that, he was short and angry. But if he was mean, my mama was meaner yet. She said she whupped me just to keep in shape; she was always trying to trim herself up some. (0) comments
Assistant Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic's surf band, The Madeira, took top honors in the surf music world this year when its second album, "Carpe Noctem" was named Pipeline Magazine's top album of the year. Surf music, an instrumental rock genre that peaked in popularity in the 1960s, has recently made a comeback. (0) comments
Large tattoos of childish drawings cover his arms. A few calluses cover his burly fingers. Tad McKillop likes to work with his hands. Well into his third year as an adjunct instructor of art at Hillsdale College, sculptures of mythical characters litter his small office, lending it a museum quality. (0) comments
Last night's well-attended sacred music concert capped the semester for Augmented Fourth, a quartet consisting of seniors Keaton Christiansen, Tom Cox, Nathan Pullmann and Allen Zarcone. But it certainly isn't their last hurrah. The four are planning a cross-country farewell tour for this summer, spanning nearly every state and 15,000 miles. (0) comments
