Ryan Taylor, a local potter who graduated from Central College in Iowa, has recently started a private studio here in Hillsdale. Taylor’s studio is at his home, about ten minutes from campus. It boasts a large variety of equipment and tools alongside a considerable collection of his own artwork. Taylor tends to avoid bright and...
You may hate me, but it ain’t no lie…” You want to break out into dance and finish the refrain at the top of your lungs. But you look around at all the people near you rolling their eyes at ‘N Sync, so you shrug your shoulders and suppress the urge. “Boy bands are lame....
Hillsdale’s athletic teams were not always known as the Chargers. In fact, until May of 1968, they were known as the Hillsdale Dales. An article from the Collegian in 1968 titled “Students OK Chargers” by Yvonne Mackern tells of how the change came about. In 1915, the Detroit Free Press suggested the nickname “Chargers” in...
We’ve all seen them. The tucked-in polo shirts. The corduroy skirts. The awkwardness, quirks, and Princess Bride costumes that scream “homeschooler!” They gasp at hearing obscenities, censure parties more rowdy than swing dancing, and may not understand a “that’s what she said” joke. We know them, we mock them, we ignore them: the Fundies. And...
Dear Donors, As you tour campus this week, you will see us students streaming out of classrooms all morning and afternoon, bustling past you on our way to class, work, meetings, and practice. We may be more rumpled and less cheerful than you expected. It’s midterm season at Hillsdale College and we have games, recitations,...