Thatcherball. Statue golf. Naval battle. Names like these are practically institutions on Hillsdale’s campus. To balance hard, intellectual study with lighthearted entertainment, Hillsdale students play a variety of official and less-official games. While games such as the naval battle are planned, many other games, such as “assassins,” are less institutional, and students spontaneously play such...
They’re easily one of the most common snacks in America. A staple, not a specialty, as sophomore Grace Leonard, a baker for Bon Appétit, said. There aren’t too many good stories about baking cookies, according to sophomore Madeleine Brylski. She said there are more exciting bakery stories about non-cookie-related things, like exploding air compression hoses....
This past summer, senior biochemistry major Luke Miller researched an anti-inflammatory drug that could possibly be used to treat pancreatic cancer — an effort he was inspired to join because of his little brother’s struggle with cancer. “This is actually like boots-on-the-ground research that is hopefully going to make a difference,” Miller said. “Cancer is...
The one thing senior Tori Wichman has kept from her years of growing up in foster care is a blanket from the nonprofit Children’s Lantern. It’s pink, with purple threading around the border. Wichman led a service project this October to help other kids in foster care get the same sort of comfort she got...
Some students thrived in the stress of registration week, but most of us were uneasy for our uncertain fate. Come registration day, you probably slept for four hours, got one of the classes you wanted, and ended up with many professors to email and a mess of scheduling to deal with. A small slip up...