We’ve all experienced that first day of school roll call struggle. You’re sitting at a desk, hearing your professor rattle off names, and then watch as they pause, begin to say the first syllable, and look up for help. One of your classmates speaks up, pronounces their uncommon name, and the day moves forward. Junior...
Eat, sleep, dirt, repeat: Kramer makes a pre-med pit stop at a dirt plant
In the fall of 2020, Gabe Kramer ’20 woke up every day at 5 a.m., drank his coffee, packed his lunch, and went up the hill to start studying for the day. Now, Kramer wakes up at 5 a.m., drinks his coffee, packs his lunch, and heads to the dirt factory. Equipped with his steel-toed...
Hillsdale’s funkiest adventure: The Backpage
Hillsdale College is known for its strong campus culture, much of which was built by a plethora of shared jokes. From the effects of dining hall food on the digestive system to Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn’s perpetual search for the good to reflections on the phenomenon of Hillsdating, no topic is free from attack....
The Collegian: Heralding Truth, Gossip, and Barrett’s Beta pin
Campus-wide humiliation was a rational—and weekly—fear for Hillsdale students of the mid-20th century. “T’other day little Miss Rhea Horst took a tumble in front campus right in front of Dunne and Bradley. All present modestly turned the other way as Rhea got up and betook her blushing self off to a 1:30. It was a...
From Sigma Chi to Suva, Fiji: Ambassador Joseph Cella
After graduation, Hillsdale students may find themselves in Washington D.C., Chicago, or somewhere in between, but one alumnus has recently made his home on the island of Fiji. Though he lives in a tropical paradise, Joseph Cella works hard as the United States Ambassador to Fiji and four other Pacific island nations — Kiribati, Nauru,...