Over the centuries, the farm has changed: the milk house became a garage, the shed now stores junk instead of ice packed in sawdust, and the rafters of the barn were nailed into a fence and collected in a scrap heap — but enough remained the same for the Watkins’ farm to receive one of...
Author: Julie Havlak (Julie Havlak)
Panaggio strengthens math department
Mark Panaggio said he knows what it feels like to be a discouraged student. That feeling led him to become a teacher, he said. Panaggio is a new assistant professor in Hillsdale College’s mathematics department this semester. His expertise in applied mathematics comes at a fortuitous time, as the department shifts its focus away from...
No clowning around at Zombie Run
Despite initial plans to reinvent its end-of-October 3K race, Campus Rec isn’t having clowns chase runners at this year’s Zombie Run. Although the group considered changing the name to the Halloween Run in order to include more characters than zombies, like clowns, it rejected the idea because of concerns over them being seen as actual...
Farmer’s Almanac predicts frigid winter, residents prepare
Hillsdale residents should prepare for a winter laden with more snow and sub-zero temperatures than usual, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac’s prediction. A colder winter could adversely affect Hillsdale’s farming industry by increasing farmers’ risk of losing crops. “When you plant in the spring, sometimes it’s really good, and other times the ground is...
Physics students present research in South Africa
Hillsdale College LAUREATES scholars presented their research before physicists from around the globe in Stellenbosch, South Africa, this summer. After receiving funds from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves because of their research, senior Daniel Halmrast and Cody Jessup ’16 presented their data on pulsar timing at the International Pulsar Timing Array conference...




