What brought you to Hillsdale? I wasn’t really planning on running track in college, but I came here for a regular visit just to check out the school and just happened to talk with the coach and got the recruiting process off the ground. What was your high school career like? It was a lot...
Year: 2017
Jazz ensemble performing Brazilian music like a ‘Bossa nova’
“Bossa nova,” the genre of jazz music that began and developed in 1950s Brazil, means “new trend.” Students will be able to hear some of this new music Friday as the Howard Music Department presents the Brazilian Avatar Faculty Recital at 8 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. Playing both classical and jazz music, Director of Jazz...
City’s general fund balance set to bottom out by 2020
Editor’s note: This article was previously titled “City of Hillsdale set to go bankrupt in 2020.” This was a inaccurate representation of the facts presented in the article below and was retitled to more accurately reflect the story. The city of Hillsdale is not going bankrupt. The city of Hillsdale’s general fund balance will be...
Student Fed reps inducted
Fifteen new members of Hillsdale’s Student Federation were sworn in Jan. 19 at the governing body’s first meeting of the semester. Almost the entire federation consists of new members. Aside from the four officers, only two 2016 representatives returned: sophomore Thomas Ryskamp and junior John Gage. Student Fed also introduced its new faculty adviser, Assistant...
Concerto competition strikes a chord with student musicians
This Sunday, 23 musicians will each take the stage of Markel Auditorium, all vying for the opportunity to perform a solo accompanied by the orchestra in their March and May concerts. But only a few will strike a chord with the judges. “It’s one of the few things we do in the music department that...




