Despite having several injured players, the Hillsdale ruggers came out on top in a fierce battle for their first season win on Sunday. Hillsdale scored early on in the match, setting the tone for the rest of the afternoon against the Windsor Cougars. “From that point on we had some breakthroughs, gaining momentum from there,”...
Month: October 2012
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Zumba Classes bring ‘red hot’ rythyms, health benefits to Hillsdale
Jodt Stott never imagined she would be able to keep up with her friend, Zumba instructor Autumn McCavit, when she attended her first Zumba fitness-dance “party” in Hillsdale at the Elks Lodge two years ago. “I remember when I started and thought ‘Oh my, I am NEVER going to be able to move like her...
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Once upon a party . . .
In the wake of The Princeton Review’s “Top 10 Professors” ranking, in which Hillsdale College ranked #4, Playboy issued its 2012 “Top 10 Party Schools” list. Although Hillsdale appearing on the latter list today is virtually unfathomable, it purportedly happened 50 years ago. “Several people told me we were [on the list], but no one...
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Oak Grove holds College, town history
At the edge of Hillsdale, where the town meets the woods, lies Oak Grove Cemetery. It is a peaceful spot, settled on rolling hills beneath oak trees that litter the ground with orange leaves in the fall and gave the cemetery its name. Oak Grove is an amalgamation of graves. Some are over a century...
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Elections have Consequences: the last debate
If nothing else, the debates are great at demonstrating what a waste of time the two-party system has become. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney met for the third and final debate Oct. 22 to discuss foreign policy, but nothing worthwhile occurred. Rather, the two ended up awkwardly struggling to find a...