Orchestra concerts are always team events. But at the Hillsdale College symphony orchestra’s two spring concerts, four virtuosos will get the chance to shine solo. Last Monday, the Music Department announced the winners of their annual concerto and aria competition. Out of the 23 hopefuls who auditioned, sophomore violinist Tova Forman and junior mezzo soprano...
In two buzzer-beater games last week, the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team clinched a last-second win against Lake Erie and lost in the final moment to Ohio Dominican. Between the two games, the lead changed more than 15 times as the Chargers battled two evenly-matched teams, but the final score in both came down to...
More than 23 million results come up in a Google search for “freshman 15,” but recent evidence suggests the freshman 15 doesn’t even exist. A December 2016 study in “Demography” compared the weights of college-enrolled individuals ages 17-23 with those not in college and found that on average, students in college weighed about 10 pounds...
The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team took care of business last weekend and received some important help from around the GLIAC earlier this week. With losses by Walsh and Ohio Dominican University on Monday, Hillsdale moved into a three-way tie for the final GLIAC Tournament spot with six games remaining. Winners of three in a...
With a yodel and lasso, Sourdough Slim brought the charm of the Wild West to the attendees of the American West CCA. Performing to audiences for nearly 30 years, Rick Crowder, a.k.a. Sourdough Slim, asked his audience if anyone knew the origin of yodeling. “Switzerland,” an audience member said. Slim replied, “Very good. Yodeling started...