Emily Oren ’16 can add another half-marathon title to her long list of accomplishments. The nine-time D-II national champion is now a two-time Detroit half marathon champion after her race on Sunday. Her winning time was 1:19:1, just one second over a six-minute mile pace. “I wanted to go faster than that, under a six...
My mom’s trying to set me up with the waitress pouring my dad’s beer while I’m wondering whether I should admit I lost the social security card she gave me two hours ago. Every parent’s weekend feels like controlled chaos. The Grewcock Student Union becomes an open bar, bringing parents and students together for a...
When a Catalan TV reporter interviewed history professor Dave Stewart in front of the Fossar de les Moreres memorial in Barcelona, she didn’t expect the American to give a full account of the events leading up to the War of Spanish Succession in 1714 — in Catalan. The first time was an accident, Stewart said, but...
While slogging through a glacial lake in his one-person raft, Professor of Biology David Houghton spotted a tiny waterfall. The water fell clear, harboring just the kinds of insects for which Houghton had been looking. One of them, he thinks, was an undiscovered species. “An untrained eye would say, ‘That’s a stick,’ or ‘That’s a...
Hillsdale College yoga instructor Leah Novak’s Rough Draft yoga classes began Thursday at 7:15 a.m. This is Novak’s first off-campus class since arriving in Hillsdale during the spring of 2016. She started teaching an evening class at Roche Sports Complex in spring 2016 and for class credits in spring 2017. “It’s about awakening and preparing...