“It’s not what you do, it’s who you are,” Professor of Chemistry Lee Baron said. Baron, faculty co-adviser for the Lamplighters — with Professor of Speech Kirstin Kiledal — said that membership in the organization is more than an activity and more than a mark on your resume. It is a shared way of life....
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Next for Tower Players: ‘Vanja and Sonya and Masha and and Spike’
Two middle-aged siblings who’ve held down the fort at home are confronted by news from their actress sister, who comes home with a boy-toy boyfriend and wants to overturn their complacent lives. This is the plot of Christopher Durang’s newest show, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which the Tower Players will perform in...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Fighting cabin fever: businesses come together to offer activities
The cure for cabin fever is here in Hillsdale. Two local businesses, David’s Dolce Vita and Toasted Mud, are teaming up to create the “Cabin Fever Series,” events that take the foci of different businesses and combine them in activities. The first event in the series occurred in January, when 26 locals gathered to paint...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022Features
Car Maintenance
After scraping off frozen windows, hoisting piles of snow, and running five minutes behind schedule, there is nothing more disheartening than the sound of the car engine as it coughs, sputters, and dies. William Whorley, the director of campus security and emergency management, recently addressed these predicaments of winter drivers in a campus-wide email. Whorley...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Council considers appointing city clerk and treasurer
The Hillsdale City Council will research changing the city charter so the city clerk and treasurer positions are appointed instead of elected. Acting City Manager Doug Terry, who recommended the motion at Monday’s meeting, said he believes this will put the most “efficient and effective” people in the roles of city clerk and city treasurer....