Walking into local coffee shop Rough Draft, it’s easy to absorb the industrial yet cozy ambience, the aroma of artisanal teas and coffees, and plates spread with scones, pasties, pastries, and cakes. The artist behind the masterfully baked sweets and savories: Hillsdale graduate Lara Ryd. Ryd, ’18, lost no time in jumping into life after...
Year: 2018
Office Hours: Pilgrimage to Israel: When Biblical passages become reality
I don’t envy my students for much. They can keep their Hell Week and their Hillsdating. Yet they’ve made me jealous in one particular way: Loads of them have jetted off to Israel, traveled through the Holy Land, and come back with stories, knowledge, and—in the case of the now-married Brendan and Katie Clarey—matching tattoos....
Dawn Theater to host auction
Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Financing Authority will hold an auction at the Dawn Theater Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., where people will have the opportunity to purchase items from within the historic theatre. Mary Wolfram, Hillsdale’s TIFA consultant, said the funds from the auction will help purchase new audio-video equipment for the...
Michigan voters approve marijuana legalization, other ballot proposals
by Nicole Ault and Carmel Kookogey Michigan’s three ballot proposals passed in Tuesday’s election, though Hillsdale County voters weren’t on board with two of them. Nearly 52 percent of Hillsdale County voters affirmed Proposal 3, which will change several voting policies, and add an allowance for same-day voter registration. But 53 percent of the county...
Woodwind Quintet to perform a repertoire spanning centuries
The Hillsdale College Faculty Woodwind Quintet will perform Nov. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in Conrad Recital Hall. The quintet will feature five adjunct instructors of music: Jaimie Wagner (flute), Kaycee Ware-Thomas (oboe), Andrew Sprung (clarinet), Cynthia Duda-Pant (bassoon), and Al Taplin (horn). James Holleman, professor and music department chairman, said this quintet is unique because...




