‘The Most Popular Fair on Earth’ is back at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2, and it’s projected to be more popular than ever before. Traditionally, about 40,000 people attend during the week. This year, managers are expecting that number to jump significantly. “If we follow through with what most fairs...
Year: 2021
Golf places 15th at Doc Spragg Invite
On Sept. 20- 21, five players on the Hillsdale College men’s golf team competed and earned 15th at the Doc Spragg Fall Invitational in Findlay, Ohio. In its second tournament of the season, the team shot 300-299-298-897 overall. The Chargers played against teams from 17 other schools, placing 15th. Matt Thompson, the head coach of...
‘Busy hands are happy hands:’ Alumna sells DIY earrings
Zoe Tracey ’16, alumna and current assistant swim coach, founded Zoe Ray Designs by crafting earrings out of her basement as a quarantine project. She now sells them at the Hillsdale County Farmers Market, on her instagram page, @zoeraydesigns, and on her website, zoeraydesigns.com. During the Farmers Market’s off-season, she sells her designs at Ad...
Women’s tennis kicks off season at ITA Midwest Regional
The Hillsdale College women’s tennis team won the consolation doubles title and made it to four other consolation bracket semifinals at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional last weekend. Senior Sophia Spinazze and sophomore Julia Wagner lost their first match in the B doubles bracket, but won three straight to earn the consolation title, winning...
Mu Alpha members march to the beat of their own drums
Hillsdale’s fifth men’s fraternity, Mu Alpha, is the only one in the United States. While it’s technically not a fraternity at all, don’t let it’s members hear you say that; to them, it is. An honorary almost entirely in name only, Mu Alpha is one of two men’s music organizations currently on campus, and the...




