Ben Durrington grows plants. In his room. Durrington, a sophomore from Aledo, Texas, is a biology major. He began to study botany in middle school after observing his grandparents’ gardening. He said he decided to read about the plants they were working with and it took off from there. “I got into mainly tropical plants,...
Month: December 2013
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Women’s cross country team places 15th at nationals
A national coaches association poll ranked Hillsdale College 15th going into the national meet. Nice job, coaches. The Hillsdale College women did indeed take 15th at the NCAA Division II cross country national meet on Nov. 23. The meet, held in Spokane, Wash., marked the first championship berth for the Charger women’s team in three...
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The Raven’s Club: a review of “neo-American” food in Michigan
Long has the debate raged over what constitutes “American” food. There are primarily two camps in this fight, either you believe that, like the nationality, American food is merely composed of other ethnic foods, amalgamated and reproduced for our eating pleasure, or that American food equals Southern food, which appears to be the only thing...
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Women’s basketball notches first win at GLIAC/GLVC Crossover
The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team defeated the University of Illinois-Springfield 69-54 to go 1-1 in the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover Challenge. Before getting their first win, the Chargers lost to McKendree University the night before, on Friday, Nov. 22, with an overtime buzzer-beater shot. “It was a heartbreaker,” junior Megan Fogt said. “It was a fun...
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Strains of classical and jazz music in upcoming orchestra concert
In their end-of-the-semester concert, the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra features a repertoire representing a blend of classical and jazz music, opening with the “Hansel and Gretel” opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, and ending with banjo and jazz-infused classical piece after the intermission. The excerpts from “Hansel and Gretel” consist of four movements, one of which has...