Month: October 2015

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Trace Adkins Performs At County Fair

When Trace Adkins took the stage at the Hillsdale County Fair at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, it was a moment many members of the audience had looked forward to for a long time. Sherry Huff drove from Holly, Michigan to attend the concert with her two daughters Hannah and Abigail, who live in Hillsdale. “I’ve...

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A Christian in the Holy Land

Junior Ramona Tausz worked this past summer in Jerusalem as an “Ops & Blogs” intern for the Times of Israel, thanks to a placement negotiated by the Hillsdale College Dow Journalism Program. The hurried rhythm of the Jerusalem work week ends every seventh day in the serenity of Shabbat. Israeli weekends span Friday to Saturday, rather than...

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New Jonesville brewery to bring dead ales to life

“What kind of ramshackle operation do you have here?” This is the question that Zack Bigelow’s father asked him when he saw his son’s homemade beer-brewing equipment. But that ramshackle operation is soon to bring both new and “dead” ales to the city of Jonesville. “It’s kinda tattered around the edges, but it works,” Zack...

Online courses feature Churchill, Lewis
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Online courses feature Churchill, Lewis

Hillsdale College’s online courses now turn to two major historical figures: Winston Churchill and C.S. Lewis. The free, not-for-credit “Winston Churchill and Statesmanship” course registration opened Wednesday. The six-week class, in which 30 to 40 minute session are released every Monday, is taught by college President Larry P. Arnn and begins Oct. 5. The Lewis...