Hillsdale College kicked off more than $20 million worth of renovations this summer, improving residence halls and academic buildings and breaking ground on the much-anticipated Searle Center. In addition, freshmen and returning students arrived to campus-wide Wi-Fi, a modernized athletic facility, and new locations to study and socialize. Construction on the Searle Center, the college’s...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Equestrians turn to donors for funding
The dark silhouette of a horse and rider flashed past an open barn door, thrown wide to reveal a peaceful afternoon sunlight sparkling upon the rolling golden fields. Hooves sent dust swirling as Deutsch, a sepia-colored mare, broke into a canter around the barn arena. Ever since sophomore Gianna Marchese suffered a concussion after a...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Barney Initiative opens eighth charter school
The Barney Charter School Initiative has increased two-fold after opening four new charter schools this summer. Since 2009, the initiative has spread liberal arts education throughout the country. This initiative seeks to institute a classical curriculum in schools that wish to associate with the college in the renewal of education throughout America. Phillip Kilgore, the...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Ice cream challenge sweetens summer
From eating enormous hamburgers to extremely hot wings, food challenges are commonly used by businesses as promotionals. A recent example is The Udder Side’s “Chubby Challenge.” The challenge entails eating all 38 of the restaurant’s “Cow Creations,” one ice cream drink, and one cyclone -— totaling 40 ice cream items. The Udder Side Manager Julie...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale begins new downtown mural project
On the corner of Bacon and Howell streets sits the newest project of Hillsdale’s Ladies Beatification League. Although the 12-foot wall boasts nothing but white cinderblock, the league predicts that Hillsdale residents will make excuses to drive by 32 E. Bacon St. in a month. The wall on the west side of the building will...