We should talk more about sex. We already talk about it a little. Every fall, Hillsdale hosts Greek houses, freshmen, and off-campus houses for a discussion about sexual harassment, sexual assault, and weekend etiquette. The program means well, but students don’t walk away with much of value and instead are often just scared by the...
What’s your favorite class to teach? Kelli Kazmier, chemistry: I will use this opportunity to plug the course that I think students might be the least familiar with, my upper level elective, Topics in Pharmacology. I love this course personally because it allows me to stay engaged with the state of the science research in an absolutely...
Rachel Haske helps the coaches, joins workouts, and cheers the players on. Courtesy | Morgan Litwiller Rachel Haske has found her soul sisters. Twenty-eight year old Haske, who has Down Syndrome, joined the women’s basketball team this summer as assistant manager. Originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, Haske now lives in Hillsdale and comes to campus to...
“It’s none of my business” is a phrase Hillsdale students would do well to remember. During the third week of the semester, I had a conversation with my housemates about a personal problem. I made sure to ask that they keep it under wraps, but by the end of the following week, people who had...
When Laboratory Director Douglas Dobrozsi studied skin fungus, he didn’t expect to use it in a beer competition at the Hillsdale County Fair. “I became interested after actually doing a long technical project at work, studying the action of antifungal drugs in which I was culturing a yeast-like fungus that is on everyone’s skin...