When Katie Frates was a student at Hillsdale, she was known for sneaking off from parties to play video games. Now, she’s known for The Daily Walkthrough, an esports and video game newsletter. “I’ve been a nerd my whole life,” Frates said. “I have loved video games forever.” The Daily Walkthrough is a morning...
After 19 years of ownership, Prapai Ringenberg is ready to step down from management and sell the Coffee Cup Diner. “I work more than full time,” Ringenberg said. “My groin, lower back, and legs hurt and at my age it’s quite a bit.” Ringenberg has been in the restaurant industry for 50 years and she...
Picture yourself in a boat on a river — then scratch that image because the Beatles are lame. Instead, picture yourself lying face up in an open field, your body swathed in a warm blanket, staring out at the October midnight as it opens into the Milky Way’s deep field of stars. Now call your...
Students claim they don’t have enough time to keep up music in college. Music Department Chairman James Holleman said he would disagree. Twenty-one years ago when he was first hired, only five percent of Hillsdale students participated in the music program. Now, more than 30 percent of students are involved in the music department. “When...
“There is something in the very form of reading — the shape of the action itself — that tends toward virtue.” So writes Karen Swallow Prior in her newest book published last month, “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books,” speaking of the forming influence of literature in her life. “My deep...