Think your minimum-wage gig this summer was sweet? Think again. Hannah Weikart got paid to watch other people work. Weikart, a counselor for SpringHill Camps, spent her summer bringing faith back into the daily life of high school students. Wiekart was one of many Hillsdale students who spent their summer investing in youth at a...
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September 13, 2013July 12, 2022Features
Study abroad part one: Spain
Three young girls slip into a train car that looks like something straight out of Harry Potter. The sign on the door is in German, which none of them speak, so they shrug and take a seat. The overnight train rattles across Europe. Next stop, Vienna. Nine Hillsdale College students spent the summer studying and...
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September 13, 2013July 12, 2022Features
Freshman overcomes disabilities, excels in athletics
He plays baseball and basketball. He was on his school’s varsity tennis team. He biked 250 miles over eight days. He trekked through the mountains of Filmont, NM with his boy scout troop. He did all of this with one arm and two prosthetic legs. Meet Greg Rybka, a freshman who refuses to let his...
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September 12, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
My culinary saga might have a healthy ending
It might be time for me to give Saga another chance. As I begin my final year at Hillsdale College, I know that my past six semesters have had their share of culinary joys: the magical night I first mixed peanut butter in with my Cocoa Puffs, the day I discovered the bottomless tub of...
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September 12, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Hillsdale transcends racism
Before I met Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn and before I knew about the college, I was only scraping the surface of what it was to be a human and what it was to be an American. Perhaps it seems uncool or even silly, but I leave each classroom feeling as if I have had...