It was Sept. 8, 1925. Members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered outside the home of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black physician who had moved into an all-white neighborhood in Detroit. The mob threw rocks, and eventually, shots were fired. At the end, a Klan member lay dead and another wounded. Sweet was tried, found...
You can be a journalist
What do Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, George Orwell, Ronald Reagan, and Peggy Noonan have in common? Aside from all achieving considerable renown, each began in journalism. Attendees of this week’s CCA on “American Journalism, Yesterday & Today” heard much about journalism: How its Founding Era character both contrasts and compares with...
Life after Central Hall
Each year, the admissions department holds interviews with a select few Hillsdale College seniors in hopes of hiring new admission counselors. “Most counselors are Hillsdale graduates because they are the best qualified,” former director of admissions Jeff Lantis said. “Who better to articulate the mission than a graduate that studied and experienced it both inside...
Off-Campus Shenanigans
Friendships: some are forged through laughter, some through tears, some through fire. And some are forged through CARNAGE. Casey Harper’s eyes are wide with excitement as he walks into the Bounce House living room and says, “Roommate! We should do a talent show.” “Roommate!” Sam Ryskamp replies. He puts down his book. “Ok. We could...
Fish and woodchips
Passersby call it the fish house. Colorful fish carvings, extending as long as eight feet, dance across the front of the summer cottage in northern Michigan. Artfully painted and masterfully crafted, the fish exemplify just a few of Jerry Rumler’s woodworks. Jerry began carving almost 30 years ago. When he and his wife LeAnne expected...