When the rhythm and blues artist R. Kelly revisited his old Chicago South Side neighborhood Hyde Park in 2005, he brought his basketball. A summer camp for inner-city kids had heard Kelly loved the sport and asked if he would come to their gym, play ball with the kids, and teach them the power of...
Author: Nic Rowan (Nic Rowan)
Ideology blocked real conversation between NYT, Hillsdale
As someone who came to Hillsdale College unaware of the school’s conservative leanings, I was at first shocked to see Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher monumentalized on the quad. The New York Times reporter Erik Eckholm told me he felt the same way the night before he left Hillsdale. Eckholm said this as he sat...
Best Breakfast: The Palace Cafe, Hillsdale
Some days we stand up in the Palace Cafe like it’s the last of the great pioneer town bars. Other days, we sit in the booths, dreading tomorrow — the exam, the hangover, the break-up on the quad — and measure out our lives in coffee spoons. But the Palace is always there to comfort...
Credit cards, e-checks now options for paying for city services
The city of Hillsdale has adopted a new program which will allow credit card users to pay for almost all city services with their card or electronic checks. The city council voted to approve the program, which is powered by Point & Pay LLC, an electronic billing service, at Monday’s city council meeting. The program...
Councilman Watkins suggests placing ‘It’s the people’ on water tower
The City of Hillsdale’s unofficial motto, “It’s the people” might have a home in Hillsdale after all. City Councilman Brian Watkins raised the possibility of placing the slogan on the city’s water tower at a Jan. 24 city council meeting. Watkins said he came up with this idea after looking at a recent Board of...