While slogging through a glacial lake in his one-person raft, Professor of Biology David Houghton spotted a tiny waterfall. The water fell clear, harboring just the kinds of insects for which Houghton had been looking. One of them, he thinks, was an undiscovered species. “An untrained eye would say, ‘That’s a stick,’ or ‘That’s a...
How did people react to your art? Rachael Reynolds, senior: “The piece is called ‘Textured Soul: Recluse, Rumination and Resolve.’ I used the language of the tattoo on my model to tie the first and third prints together. It tells a story through the texture. At some point, you have to start putting yourself out...
As drug overdoses haunt Michigan and the City of Hillsdale, both mayoral candidates promised to empower the police force to address the opioid epidemic. In Michigan, drug-related deaths rose 18 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Over the past couple years, at least four heroin-related deaths...
The world’s highest humanitarian honor, the Nobel Peace Prize, went Friday to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Considering what we’ve seen in the news about North Korea, that sounds like a good choice. There’s just one problem: The organization hasn’t done anything, and there’s a more deserving candidate. ICAN is a Geneva-based coalition...
After a black walnut tree fell in his yard, Director of Theater George Angell carved the lumber into a dining room table and gave it to Professor of Spanish Carmen Wyatt-Hayes. “It has been one of my great joys,” Wyatt-Hayes said. “It’s my favorite piece of furniture.” Professor of Philosophy James Stephens has one,...