Watching a Jay Leno segment was the final straw for state Sen. Patrick Colbeck. “They were asking people questions about our founding — nobody knew,” Colbeck (R-Canton) explained. “Only one in 1,000 Americans can name one of the five freedoms in the First Amendment. People are not aware of their rights or when their rights...
Road improvements will soon get rid of “Lake Lovinger,” a pothole that has plagued residents on Wolcott Street for years. A $375,000 Small Urban Program grant given to Hillsdale by the Michigan Department of Transportation will fund improvements from State Street to Wolcott Street and Hillsdale’s western city limits. The Hillsdale City Council approved a...
“Reading provides hope,” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wrote in the Detroit Free Press on March 5. In a state where one in three adults lack the basic skills to keep a job, Schuette’s remarks were targeted not only to middle schoolers but also their parents. “The ability to read also increases the ability to...
It’s a race against the clock. The paper must be wet as the artist quickly mixes his paints. It’s matter of working with the medium instead of against it. Lines can bleed. Colors can stray. For many students in Professor of Art Samuel Knecht’s Advanced Watercolor class, taught every other spring, this is both the...