When Lent rolls around each year, I find myself dreaming up a list of sacrifices I can make with the intention of becoming gloriously perfect by the time Easter arrives. And every year, I’ve failed. This year, I’m reminded of Lent as a penitential season set aside, not to demand perfection, but to redirect my...
Year: 2018
Women’s basketball hits stride for stretch run
The Hillsdale College Chargers have settled into a groove as the G-MAC tournament approaches, earning a 80-76 comeback victory on the road against the Ohio Dominican University Panthers on Tuesday. The Chargers (15-9, 13-7 G-MAC), who remain in sixth place in the conference, have now defeated four of the five teams ahead of them in...
‘Pedal power’ physics demo shows principles of energy efficiency
The energy bike demonstration hosted by the Society of Physics Students on Friday did more than highlight the physics department — it also helped spread awareness about energy efficiency. “I had the idea that if they were able to feel it in their body, they would get it,” Physics department chair Ken Hayes said....
Hillsdale buried beneath a blizzard
Today’s forecast may be rain, but just last week the season’s biggest snow storm blew into Hillsdale, leaving several inches of snow and some happy students with no classes to attend. Senior Brigette Hall says she was happy to have all her classes canceled. “It feels like Saturday,” she said. According to the Hillsdale Daily...
Flute like a fiddle
When flutist Clara Fishlock auditioned for the 2018 Concerto/Aria Competition, she channeled the sound of bow hairs grating on strings rather than the hushed whispers floating from a flute. The junior history and French major drew her musical inspiration from the violin rather than the flute to preserve the heart of the piece, which she...




