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QUICK HITS with Tory Matsos
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QUICK HITS with Tory Matsos

In this Quick Hits, Lecturer in Theater Tory Matsos talks Bruce Springsteen, Judy Dench, and Shakespeare.  What is your favorite play?  I don’t know if I have one. The best answer is probably whichever play I am working on at the moment. If you were to teach something other than theater, what would it be? ...

Club freezes for a reason
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Club freezes for a reason

  In the dark morning hours, there is nothing less appealing than clamoring into the freezing waters of Baw Beese — but that’s exactly what 12 students do on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  “It is the physical reminders of the spiritual realities we’re in that we’re fighting,” freshman president of Areté Luke Waters said.  In the...

Nimrod director receives national conservation award
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Nimrod director receives national conservation award

Al Stewart never thought his years of doing the work he loved in conservation would earn him a prestigious award. To his surprise, Stewart won the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wayne Bailey National Lifetime Achievement Award late last month. Stewart, who serves as the director of Hillsdale College’s Nimrod Educational Center, received the award during...

Ava Ramuni:  the newest Olds mom
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Ava Ramuni: the newest Olds mom

When freshmen women flooded into the Olds Residence parking lot in August, many new faces greeted them. Among them was Ava Ramuni. Ramuni, or as the women of Olds call her, Mama A, began her first year as Olds house director this fall.  Ellenor Scarbrough, a transfer freshman, said Ramuni has been a great help,...

Shedding light on the IVF debate
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Shedding light on the IVF debate

  Few people know sophomore Elizabeth Mitchell’s father is all over the headlines. “It’s been really surreal seeing, for instance, the President of the United States put out a statement about his majority opinion,” Mitchell said. Mitchell, who goes by “Tully,” says she doesn’t often bring up the fact that her father is Justice Jay...