“YOU scrapbook?!” many said when I told them about the subject of this column. The last time I evoked such a shocked response was when I told my father that I, his last hope for a jock in the family, wanted to join the dance and cheerleading team during basketball season. Shocking, I know. For...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
CANTUS concert draws clapping crowds
Saturday evening, the all-male, nonprofit, professional a capella group CANTUS performed at College Baptist Church to a sold-out crowd with a waiting list of over 100 people. The concert began with an African proverb: “if you have legs, you can dance; if you have a voice, you can sing.” The proverb set the tone for...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Sports
Charger athletes enhance play with cross-training
While members of the Hillsdale women’s basketball team warm up before games, shooting from the line and stretching, junior guard Ashlyn Landherr separates from her teammates to complete a unique warm up. Landherr arrives at the gym about an hour and a half before each game to do a short Tae Kwon Do routine. “I...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022News
Sir Martin Gilbert dies in London
Sir Martin Gilbert — Winston Churchill’s official biographer, a Hillsdale College distinguished visiting fellow, and one of the most important historians of the 20th century — died Tuesday in London. Gilbert battled illness following a heart arrhythmia in April 2012. His last visit to the college was in the fall of 2007, and he is...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022News
Sunday snow slams city
The biggest snowstorm of this year prevented many college employees from getting to work Monday. Two city trucks plowed the trunk line roads — M-99 and a couple other major roads — on Sunday, while the full fleet hit the streets Monday morning at 3 a.m. “We don’t believe in chasing the storm,” Director of...