Smith mans the Main Plate station at lunchtime. Faith Miller | The Collegian Every Hillsdale College student has met Jill Smith, the Metz employee who has been serving students with a smile for 30 years. Smith’s time in the dining hall is drawing to a close as she plans to retire on Dec. 9. “It’ll...
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Campus Character: Nathan Rastovac
Senior Nathan Rastovac thinks the Great Lakes are oceans. Courtesy | Nathan Rastovac Nathan Rastovac is a senior economics major from Wadsworth, Illinois. The current co-head resident assistant of Simpson Residence, where he has worked as RA for three years, Rastovac is known widely for his signature sayings, “winning” and “anywho,” and his love for...
Undergrad presents research to classics graduate panel
Junior Zachary Chen presented a paper about how Roman writers used the myth of Phaethon to argue for their different philosophies at the Ohio Classical Conference’s annual convention on Sept. 26. The paper, Chen’s seventh presented at an academic conference, was titled “Generosus Phaethon: The Uses of a Myth in Lucretius, Ovid, and Seneca the...
NF releases new EP
NF’s latest EP “FEAR” gives his fans an inside look into the thoughts of self-doubt and despair that resurfaced after the release of his 2023 album “HOPE.” What makes this EP surprising, however, is that it opens a wound his last album seemed to close. Released Nov. 14, the six-track project features songs titled “FEAR,”...
Meckley’s celebrates ‘Friendsgiving’
Local musician Kelly Bracey plays at Meckley’s. Cassandra DeVries | Collegian Families and friends lined up for cider flights, scented candles, and homemade wooden spatulas at Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm’s Friendsgiving Festival Nov. 23. “We like to have a holiday festival every year to celebrate Thanksgiving, generally the Sunday before the holiday,” former Meckley’s manager,...


