Hillsdale’s courthouse annex will soon be redeveloped, and the city wants Hillsdale College students’ input about what to do with it. The annex is slated for redevelopment by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation through the Redevelopment Ready Community program, and Hillsdale zoning administrator Alan Beeker hopes students will provide input at a meeting at the...
Year: 2015
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The changing face of the EU
The migratory flood of Afghans, Syrians, and sub-Saharan Africans has disrupted politics and everyday life in the European Union, and European leaders are at odds trying to find a solution. Opposing responses to the crisis pitted the governments of Germany and France against those of the east European countries, but recent changes in legislature have...
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Student learns from the brightest in Texas
Successful surgeons have mastered the art of chopsticks. Junior Emily Nelson discovered this from the two months she spent at the University of Texas Health Science Center in the cardiothoracic department this summer. When Nelson’s small fingers struggled to manipulate a needle driver in her suturing lessons, her Texas host family recommended she practice eating...
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Wildwoodstock Festival rocks Jonesville
Clouds and cool weather couldn’t darken the spirits at the first Wildwoodstock Music Festival — which featured 11 local bands, including Hillsdale College student band the St. Joe Trio — at Wildwood Acres Campground in Jonesville Saturday. “On a day like today, I need you all to open up your minds, your...
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Sophomore’s band releases debut album
When sophomore Giannina Imperial and her friends first started jamming together in the music room after classes each day back in high school, they never anticipated how far their music-making would take them. But as of this summer, the band — The Ninth Hour — has released its debut album “The Ninth Hour, Vol. 1”...