While campus can be an enjoyable place, I often find that there are few special events to distinguish Friday nights from any other night of the week here. Fridays are meant to be not just enjoyable, but a blast. However, the closest larger towns are Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Ann Arbor. Those places have clubs, nice...
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October 29, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
Professor appears in rock album
Professor and Kirk Chair Brad Birzer doesn’t sing or play an instrument, but he will make his debut appearance on a progressive rock album called “The Man Left in Space” to be released early next year. In four narrative lines, Birzer acts as the voice of mission control checking on a spacecraft. “It’s really only...
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October 29, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
Douglas Coon: framing the shot
The Professional Artist Series is presenting Douglas Coon’s photography in a show titled “Airports, Deserts, and Hillsdale” at the Sage Center for the Arts Daughtrey Gallery, beginning Oct. 26. Born in Hillsdale, Mich., Coon attended Western Michigan University where he majored in television, film production, and history. He’s been a photographer since junior high and...
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October 29, 2012July 12, 2022Sports
Charger Chatter: Sarah Leitner
Senior Sarah Leitner is one of the hardest working student- athletes at Hillsdale College. A dedicated student, Collegian reporter, and record breaking swimmer, Leitner does it all. As senior swim season starts she still has some unfinished business; qualify for the national meet. How is the team looking this year? The team is...
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October 26, 2012July 12, 2022Sports
Tennis team going to GLIAC
In 2011 the women’s tennis team was a new edition to the GLIAC . Most members hadn’t played college tennis, with few playing outside of their high school squads. This year they’re going to the GLIAC conference championship tournament. “Going from there to one of the top contenders for possibly winning the tournament is a...