Members of the Hillsdale College Football team are used to volunteering for the community. But this year, they’re doing it differently. Together, they’re encouraging young men in fourth grade at Gier Elementary School to “look good, feel good, do good.” Called “Guys with Ties,” the club, which started in September, gives young boys an...
Words wield power. We read books that have shaped intellectual movements, preserved history, and impacted the language they were written in (such as Shakespeare, who coined phrases we still use today, and Dante, whose “Divine Comedy” has allowed the Italian of the 14th century to remain well preserved in modern Italian). Words can make things...
“There is something in the very form of reading — the shape of the action itself — that tends toward virtue.” So writes Karen Swallow Prior in her newest book published last month, “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books,” speaking of the forming influence of literature in her life. “My deep...
As mornings grow colder and the days shorter, students don sweaters and enjoy afternoons at the Hillsdale County Fair. Boots are now in season, and trips to local orchards and pumpkin patches are a highlighted weekend event. Soon, the leaves will turn to vibrant reds, yellows, and oranges, lighting the landscape on fire. Autumn is...
The Early Pregnancy Loss Association continues to grow as it aids local healthcare providers in caring for women who have miscarried. Recently granted $7,200 from the Hillsdale County Community Foundation, the association is able to fund the distribution of informational folders, a miscarriage kit program, an updated website, as well as administration and marketing....