There were five wooden chess boards atop the union tables last Wednesday afternoon. When he saw them, senior Os Nakayama’s face lit up and he exclaimed, “We have chess boards — it’s a start.” One can find Hillsdale’s new club playing chess in the union Wednesday afternoons. Last Wednesday the players used wooden boards that...
Heather Lantis is a senior studying history with a minor in mathematics. She is a thrower for the women’s track team and vice president of the senior class. When did you start focusing on track? I’ve been throwing since middle school, but I’d say my junior year in high school is when I realized...
Claudette Charney, head coach of the Hillsdale women’s basketball team, is retiring on April 30 after 13 seasons of leading the Chargers. Since coming to Hillsdale in 2002, Charney has built the women’s basketball program, leading three girls to All-American status, the team to three GLIAC South Division titles, and the 2009 GLIAC championship. She...
It can be painful to realize that we can’t turn back time. As I was going away to college, I remember thinking, “So that was high school.” And then, turning twenty: “So those were the teenage years.” Sometimes it hits me that those are years I’m never getting back. By no means do I miss...
Occasionally on campus, one may hear someone speaking about the “Hillsdale Bubble.” This is referring to the semi-mythical effect that a sequestered campus miles from a major city has on how the student body sees politics, religion, and culture. That Bubble was popped last Wednesday when police escorted a man out of the Mossey Library...