Sophomore Bekah Kastning, the first Charger softball player to record five home runs and five triples in a single season since 1995, talks about her team’s goals for for this season. So you had a stand-out game over spring break? Yes, in a game against Dominican College. I hit a walk-off triple to win the...
Month: March 2015
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Netanyahu is an ally, not an enemy
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have always been at one another’s throats. In a recent interview, Obama stated that Netanyahu’s rhetoric during Israel’s national elections was such that it had started “to erode democracy.” All of this raises the question: Who is really the aggressor in this international feud? Last week, the...
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Jedi to protect Legos this summer
A six-block city display of residential buildings, fairs, natural landscapes, and iconic mini-figures stands awaiting the visitors of Mackinac Island—all made out of Legos, and coming all the way from Hillsdale. Active members of the Hillsdale College community, Joe and Lynn Forrester, finished Northern Michigan’s largest Lego display in 18 months. Parts of the Lego...
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Chargers’ scorekeeper to retire after 40 years
When the baseball diamond was behind central hall, the Roche Sports Complex did not yet exist, and Jack McAvoy and Frank “Muddy” Waters were working in athletics on campus, Joan and Bill Van Arsdalen moved to Hillsdale, and Bill soon began working with scorekeeping for the football team, then for the basketball team. That was...
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Squirrel hair makes Mack’s brushes a best seller
Pinstriping, one of the few automotive trends that has carried over from the 1800s, is an Andrew Mack Brush Company specialty. The brush company, located in Jonesville, Michigan, crafts custom brushes for pinstriping cars, motorcycles, and signwork. Developed in the 19th century, pinstriping began as artistry on buggies and evolved into more complex designs on...