An Amish buggy in Branch County. Courtesy | Rita Hemker Two vehicle-buggy accidents, causing several injuries and one death, occurred within four days of each other in Michigan last month. Kris Dewey, of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, presented a project aimed at reducing buggy crashes to the Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners Sept....
Author: Francesca Cella (Francesca Cella)
Mexican spot to open at gas station
Cooper’s will serve American and Mexican-style food. Gemma Flores | Collegian The new owners of the Shell gas station on 3311 W. Carleton Road plan to open a restaurant called Cooper’s in the attached building in the next two weeks. Shukri Abdulla purchased the gas station and adjoining building in April and partnered with George...
Theta legacy: New band, new booze
The flagship band of Theta Epsilon, the men’s music fraternity, made its premier performance at the close of Welcome Party under the name Jett Cruz and the Bahama Mamas. Composed of seniors, the Bahama Mammas include Aidan Christian as lead singer, John Frenz on drums, Jeremy Holford as lead guitar, Erik Teder on rhythm guitar...
Season opens with a bang
Senior Leif Andersen at a meet last season. Courtesy | Hillsdale Athletic Department Five freshmen joined the Hillsdale shotgun team, making it one of the team’s largest recruitment classes, with one placing third overall in the highest class at the team’s first meet of the season at the Bald Mountain Shooting Range in Lake Orion,...
Students, faculty respond to pope’s death
Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, students and professors reflected on the legacy of his 12-year papacy as the Roman Catholic Church awaits the election of his successor. “I especially appreciate his warnings against reducing human beings to functionaries within a profit-driven economy, his appreciation for the natural world as a theophany...




