From the smooth jazz and cozy atmosphere of Rough Draft to the rock’n’roll-vinyl-selling Checker Records, there is a coffee shop for everyone located right here in Hillsdale, Michigan. Less than a mile from campus, Rough Draft offers a cozy study space and many coffee options from their specialty lattes to cortados to breves. Erin Freidenfeld,...
The Hillsdale Academy volleyball team after their regional win. Courtesy | Liz Andaloro The Hillsdale Academy volleyball team made it to the Michigan High School Division 4 state playoffs for the first time since 2013, finishing their season with a loss in the quarterfinal game to No. 1 Mendon High School Nov. 18. Closing the...
Senior Jonathan Williams and junior Joseph Vankat dress as Liberty Mutual’s insurance duo. Courtesy | Jonathan Williams The plight of creating a yearly Halloween costume sometimes leads people to dress up in recognizable costumes made with thrifted pieces or Amazon finds, while others hunt far and wide for the perfect enhancement to their extravagant costumes....
With Halloween just around the corner, Hillsdale is busy gearing up for the holiday. The community offers many events both on Oct. 31 and leading up to it for adults and kids alike. For family fun, the City of Hillsdale’s official trick-or-treating hours are 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, but the festivities...
Runaround, an all-senior campus band, secured its first win of the annual campus-wide Battle of the Bands competition hosted by the men’s music fraternity Theta Epsilon at Elks Lodge Oct. 17. “The concept for Battle is to get a bunch of bands together to play live music, compete, and have fun,” said Daniel Doyle, the...