Maybe it was when I began smelling manure instead of candied apples. Or when the filth of the tilt-a-whirl distracted me from the fun of both tilting and whirling. Or when I realized that a pretzel had 600 calories. (Really? A pretzel?) Gradually, the fair has lost the allure it had when I was a...
Month: September 2012
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Alumna reaching out in Nigeria
When Lee Anne LaPlue graduated from Hillsdale College in 2011 her parents thought she would move close to Tennessee and teach somewhere in the Appalachian region. “I am from Kentucky, so I was pretty excited about that prospect,” LaPlue’s mother, Darlene, said. And for a while, Lee Anne LaPlue thought the same thing. She had...
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Unresponsive absentees
Hillsdale is renowned for its conservative political activism and awareness. The College Republicans even hold phone-banking events once a week to mobilize Michigan voters, said their president, junior Max Kleber. But the bulk of the student body is not quite so engaged as Hillsdale’s reputation may suggest. A recent survey of 200 students shows that...
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McCourry and students entertain with jazz combo
aying hits, improvisation, and original songs at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds during the “Most Popular Fair on Earth.” On Sept. 23, five students and one faculty member serenaded the fairgoers with a live jazz performance. The group is composed of seniors Sam McKnight on guitar and Seth Hendrickson on drums, juniors Victoria Cooney on vocals...
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A nutty legacy
Zeff Davis started selling peanuts at the Hillsdale County Fair when he was 4 years old. “My grandmother had me hustling peanuts at the grandstand,” Davis said. “She always let me walk the fences and kept me close.” Davis, an Addison, Mich., native, comes from a long line of fair vendors. His family has been...