Feet shuffle, fans roar, and a man in Hillsdale blue-and-white leaps for an impressive dunk — Hillsdale is up two points, and the crowd goes wild. In the excited uproar, everyone missed a small ‘click’ from under the basket. Junior Anthony Lupi says the moment was “the most surreal feeling.” As a photographer for the...
Buena Vista: How one house became a home for many
Years ago, it was an ordinary home. But for Mary Ewers, driving by the home was like love at first sight. The moment she bought the house was the magical moment that The ‘Buena Vista’ home was born, right on the streets of Hillsdale. Ewers, director of parent relations and the President’s Club, bought the...
The girl who never wore makeup: how one student became a special effects makeup artist
“You need to wear makeup to be like a real girl.” These words left an imprint on junior Emily Brickey and inspired her to take the stereotype of women needing to wear makeup in a completely different route. Brickey is self-taught in special effects makeup. She specializes in the different injury, gore, and Halloween elements...
‘Fixer Upper’ couple launches new network to tell ordinary stories
When Chip and Joanna Gaines previewed their new TV network in April, I thought 2020 was saved. The husband-wife duo from the HGTV show “Fixer Upper” hasn’t slowed down since starting in 2013. They’ve flipped hundreds of houses, built the Silos and several stores and restaurants, started a magazine, and revived their hometown of Waco,...
He is Worthy: Damascus Catholic Mission hosts night of worship
On Monday night, the Holy Spirit moved in the aisles of Plaster Auditorium. Students gathered there for an evening of Eucharistic adoration and worship hosted by Catholic Society and Damascus Catholic Mission Campus’s national team, travelling from their campus in Centerburg, Ohio. Earlier in the semester, sophomore Hannah Cote and I spent a Friday night...