Twelve string musicians competed in the Michigan American String Teachers Association Solo Competition Nov. 18 in the Conrad Recital Hall at Hillsdale College. “The biannual event was created by the American String Teachers Association to promote excellence and incentives for the highly gifted young string players and teachers in America ages 18-23,” Professor of Music...
Two pairs of Hillsdale College debaters made it to elimination rounds during their fourth tournament of the season at Bowling Green University in Kentucky last weekend. Sophomore Jadon Buzzard and junior Henrey Deese took first place at the Sunday tournament. Seven pairs of debaters competed in the first Parliamentary tournament of the season. While the...
The Hillsdale College Chargers spent Thanksgiving in Winter Park, Florida for the Rollins Thanksgiving Tournament and picked up their first win of the season during the trip. But before playing games on Friday and Saturday, the team visited Universal Studios and Disney’s Magic Kingdom on Nov. 21 and enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner with teammates and...
Eric Leutheuser thought he was well-known. As the owner of the Hillsdale’s Buick GMC car dealership for three decades, he spent thousands of dollars advertising his name. But when he decided to run for state representative in Michigan’s 58th district in the 2014 elections, he quickly found out that the people of Branch County, a...
The Hillsdale County Community Foundation recently granted $15,000 to the GOAL programs, with grants ranging from $250 to $1,000. President and CEO of HCCF Sharon Bisher said HCCF’s traditional funding cycle doesn’t match well with the school year and progression of GOAL programs, prompting to HCCF to design and offer grants specifically designed for GOAL...