As if pursuing an economics degree and serving as vice president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity were not enough to entertain senior Andrew Montgomery, he has assumed an even greater task: running a political campaign in a battleground district. Montgomery’s relationship with Patrick Colbeck, Republican state senator from Michigan’s 7th District, began long before January...
Month: September 2014
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Student discovers Staph Therapy
Staphylococcus aureus is a monster. The bacteria causes skin and wound infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and often death. Every year in America, more than 80,000 people contract staphylococcal infections, and more than 11,000 people die from staph infections, according to the Center for Disease Control. This summer, senior biology major Wyatt McDonnell combatted the monster,...
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Silos Fun Park opens under new managers
The doors of Hillsdale’s amusement park, Silos Fun Park, are finally open for business. Park co-owners Dave and Mary Cleveland ran it from 2004 to 2010, but other business ventures and family obligations influenced them to put it up for sale or lease. After being closed for nearly three and a half years, the park...
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Greek twins play long distance
From the side of the basketball court a fan is hard pressed to tell twins Christos and Stefanos Giannakopoulous apart, if it was not for their jersey numbers, 34 and 52. The brothers, both towering at 6’5” hail from Athens, Greece nearly 5300 miles from Michigan. Because Greek high schools do not have basketball teams,...
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City council approves bow hunting, disputes property sale
The Hillsdale City Council decided Tuesday to approve a fall, deer bow hunt, switch to Livestream for city council meeting recordings — saving the city $11,000 a year — and ended with a heated exchange between Board of Public Utilities Director Rick Rose and city council members over the sale of a piece property. The...