When sophomores Jolene Estruth and Emille Martelli began teaching English to Syrian refugee children this past summer at a school in Jordan, most of the children, ages 5-7, knew three words in English: hi, bathroom, and teacher. Throughout the next three weeks, both Estruth and Martelli connected with the students, sharing whatever English lessons they...
The Hillsdale County Fair has been dubbed the “most popular fair on earth” with good reason. Home to the county’s cultural attractions and agricultural achievements, the fair has been a meaningful staple in the community for more than a century, and students should take advantage of it. Its quirky exhibits — the hay competition, largest...
It was a carnival of carnage. When the 12-year-old Indian elephant Little Rajje rebelled against her trainer, Bill Pratt, at the circus in downtown Lansing on Sept. 26, 1963, the city went wild. Little Rajje was a big, but well-trained beast — clocking in at 3,000 pounds and with 10 years of accident-free experience in...
On the patio of the New Dorm last week, the intervarsity of international students gathered around a hearty bonfire, roasting s’mores and chatting about their week. “I met amazing people and got to talk about Colombia, my college experience and even played some Colombian music,” Juan Vargas Hernandez, a second-semester sophomore and transfer student from...
The arrival of fall means fairs and festivities, but also hails the coming of winter, with all its treacherous road conditions. This winter, the City of Hillsdale’s Department of Public Services is newly equipped to handle the winter onslaught with three new dump trucks purchased with the aid of a grant awarded by the Michigan...