On Friday, Jan. 24, the Hillsdale women’s swim team fell by a mere 3.5 points to the Eagles of Ashland University, 132-129.5. The senior night and last regular season meet was extremely close the whole time, and was determined by the final event. As is typical for the Chargers, they received a strong showing from...
Year: 2014
City to hold special election in May
The Hillsdale City Council passed a resolution on Dec. 16 to hold a special election on May 6 to fill the vacancies in Wards 2 and 3. The special election will fill the empty seats from Scott Sessions, who left Ward 3 when elected mayor in November, and Councilwoman Ruth Brown, who stepped down from...
‘Much Ado’ cast announced, practice underway
There is much anew in ‘Much Ado.’ Theatre Department Technical Director David Griffiths has chosen to take Shakespeare’s comedic play “Much Ado About Nothing” in a new direction. He cut Shakespeare’s original text, transposed the play into the 1940s, and changed the traditionally male Don John into “Countess Joanna.” “Part of the reason we changed...
Denton, Peterson win awards at theatre festival
Seniors Anne Peterson and Katherine Denton won awards for dramaturgy and directing, respectively, at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which Saginaw Valley State University hosted Jan. 7 to 11. “Both awards are fairly substantial,” Professor of Theatre George Angell said, “that is to say they’re rare. It’s not too often they come from...
Student union water pipe bursts
A sprinkler line burst in the south entry to the Grewcock Student Union on Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. What started as a few drops quickly turned into a flood of water that collapsed ceiling tiles, flooded the entrance and seeped out from underneath the door into the student activities office and the union itself. “Come...