When Lyndsey found out about her acceptance to the University of Washington, she was thrilled and filled with excitement about the four years to come. But then my 17-year-old friend from home discovered it would cost her more than $30,000 per year to be a Husky. Lyndsey’s family couldn’t foot the bill, which meant she...
Year: 2013
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Let Women Fight
During the summer of 1978, an all-state athlete from Powers Catholic High School in Flint, Mich., earned admittance to the Air Force Academy. The sky was the limit for the would-be cadet, save one minor issue: he declined the enrollment to stay near a summer girlfriend. They broke up. Still, I wonder if my father’s...
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Students practice yoga, relieve stress
With a stressful school year, midterms and papers upon us, sometimes students need a break to survive the onslaught of work. Freshman Catherine Coffey recently started a yoga group, open to anyone, to provide an opportunity to escape the stress of the semester. “I thought it would be fun for them to join me in...
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Heading to sunshine
Tidy pages of Greek text are scattered across her bright, northeasterly facing office. The shelves overflow with time-worn books, assorted teas, and tropical-colored cups and trinkets, all observed by old posters of James Dean and young Ronald Reagan plastered to the walls. In the midst of it all sits Associate Professor of Classics Lorna Holmes....
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An icon of Hillsdale’s past
Once one of the largest and technologically advanced production centers of its kind in the country, the Hillsdale flour mill fell into disuse and disrepair after closing 10 years ago. The building looms over downtown Hillsdale, now empty of the hustle and bustle that characterized most of the structure’s 175-year history. In 1838, John P....