Although people typically consider wasps, flies, and mosquitoes to be pests, seniors Joel Parker and Ryan Zemel spent part of their summer trying to attract the insects. Parker and Zemel both won cash awards from the Michigan Entomological Society for their presentations on LED lighting in traps and a survey of specific insects present at...
After 17 years of service to Hillsdale College’s athletic department, Aide to the Athletic Director Claudia Gillette is retiring Dec. 23 to spend more time with her children and grandchildren. Gillette primarily helps with the athletic department’s budgeting and expenses, and her successor will be responsible for finances and ensuring NCAA compliance. And although she...
There will be another new face in the Hillsdale College softball team’s dugout this spring. Riley Johnson joined Hillsdale’s softball coaching staff as an assistant coach this November. Though this is her first position coaching college softball, she brings her longtime love of the game and playing experience with her. “I’ve always wanted to get...
One hundred and five carloads of people gathered at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds for the 83rd annual Lewis Emery Treasure Hunt on Oct. 22, waiting to hear the first of 12 clues that would lead participants throughout Hillsdale County to Lewis Emery Park, where two tokens, signifying the end of the scavenger hunt, and...
After hiking through grass almost twice her height and fending off an abundance of malignant ticks at Grand Mere State Park, sophomore Andrea Wallace presented her research on a restoration site at the park Oct. 22 at the Michigan Consortium of Botanists. Wallace participated in an ongoing project by Professor of Biology Ranessa Cooper, who,...