Thursday

April 23, 2026 Vol 122

Category: Stories In Focus

Two Longtime Houghton Faculty to Retire: Roederer

Two Longtime Houghton Faculty to Retire: Roederer

Senior Faculty Member J.L. Roederer to retire, after 44 years as a French professor at Houghton College. It is hard…
Houghton Take-Two: Returning as a Student Twenty-Two Years Later

Houghton Take-Two: Returning as a Student Twenty-Two Years Later

Christopher Cilento is, in his own words, “not your typical eighteen to twenty-two year old student.” He is a non-traditional…
Purple and Gold Week Spot

Purple and Gold Week Spot

Charismatic Hosts and Original Acts Win Over the Crowd There is a definite formula to SPOT. Like a long-running TV…
Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month

Black Heritage Club is not just for black people. Black Heritage Club is a place for people of all races…
Talking is Hard

Talking is Hard

Walk the Moon Releases New Album On December 2, 2014, Walk the Moon released their album, Talking is Hard to…
Faculty Art Show Opens

Faculty Art Show Opens

Every year the members of the Art Department get a chance to display their personal work in the Faculty Art…
Murphy’s Recommended Reads The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

Murphy’s Recommended Reads The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

One of the proposals for my sabbatical was to further read in areas of interest in my interdisciplinary work in…
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

The life and times of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane are portrayed in the new British film, The…
The Resurrection of the Lanthorn

The Resurrection of the Lanthorn

New Co-editors revitalize a withering publication. Of the trinity of Houghton student publications that includes The Star, The Drawing Board,…
The Promising Final Season of Parks and Recreation

The Promising Final Season of Parks and Recreation

Arguably the funniest show on television right now, Parks and Recreation is back for its seventh and final season. The…