With spring in the air, the Hillsdale Garden Club will begin its 92nd year with new growth. This month, 6-8 members will celebrate Arbor Day with the elementary schools and provide 400-500 evergreen seedlings for the students to grow. The club has been inactive because of the winter months, but as April and May approach,...
Less than 100 years ago, Slayton Arboretum had some of the largest collections of lilacs, magnolias, and witch hazel varieties. By studying catalogues from the 1940 by former Hillsdale College biology professor and student Bertram Barber, sophomore Katy Borobia and junior Madeline Schmidt hope to restore the plant life in the arboretum and share its...
Every great library starts with a single book. For Senior Assistant to the Provost Mark Maier, it was only a matter of time before one signed copy of poet Paul Mariani’s book grew into a 3,000 book collection. When Maier studied English at Hillsdale, he frequented the visiting writer series run by Professor of English...
I have never understood it. How can someone enjoy that metallic smell of a overcooked yolk? Ruin a perfectly good egg yolk? Just like every food connoisseur knows, you’re supposed to order your steak medium-rare. Why? Because that’s how to get the best taste. “The flavor is in the fat, if you cook it all...
Hillsdale graduates have a problem. While the liberal arts might prepare them to contemplate the good, it doesn’t give them any sort of hands-on career experience. That’s the argument Margaret Handel, a 2017 Hillsdale graduate who now works as a third mate with the U.S. Merchant Marines, made during a talk called “How the Liberal...