“Straight, tall, and beautiful,” was the only description sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 had available when she began working on a statue of Winona, daughter of Potawatomi Chief Baw Beese. From these words and further research, Tritchka began reanimating Winona through a sculpture to be displayed in Mrs. Stock’s park starting in spring 2017. The Winona...
Despite criticism from citizens about the Hillsdale City Council’s decision to replace the ‘It’s the People’ welcome sign on M-99 with one reading ‘Home of Historic Hillsdale College,’ the item did not appear on the council’s Monday meeting agenda. “We did not add the item to the agenda because the body had agreed at...
Hillsdale College LAUREATES scholars presented their research before physicists from around the globe in Stellenbosch, South Africa, this summer. After receiving funds from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves because of their research, senior Daniel Halmrast and Cody Jessup ’16 presented their data on pulsar timing at the International Pulsar Timing Array conference...
In athletics, the greatest victories aren’t shown on the scoreboard or in the standings. Instead, they come from the lives and hearts that are touched and changed forever. Lives like that of Ryan Newbanks — a friend of Chargers Football who passed away last year after his battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This past week,...
In reference to political cartoonist Michael Ramirez’s book, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Obamacare,” conservative author Ann Coulter said, “Michael Ramirez is the greatest cartoonist in world history.” His political cartoons have made him a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, in 1994 and 2008. His work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today,...