If you have ever run or walked on the path behind Simpson Dorm that connects to Oak Grove Cemetery, you have traveled part of the longest National Scenic Trail in the United States. The North Country Trail winds through America’s Northern Heartland for 4,600 miles and, for a small portion, it cuts Hillsdale County into...
On the back wall of Here’s to You Pub & Grub there hangs a framed flour sack from F. W. Stock & Sons labeled “Stock’s Brand Wheat.” It reminds patrons of a time when Hillsdale residents woke early and bustled about their kitchens cooking their own hearty food. Now, their favorite bar is carrying on...
Director of Theater George Angell’s last play on a Hillsdale stage has challenged him with a green cast — mostly freshmen — and an unwieldy Shakespeare script. But his young actors have responded with only one thing: excitement. The Tower Players opened Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” Wednesday evening, and performances continue Thursday through...
Although libertarians and Republicans can agree on measures to make government smaller, the debate between seniors Razi Lane and Brendan Noble on immigration showed that in terms of immigration policy, the two groups stand opposed. More than 100 students packed into Lane 124 to hear Lane and Noble debate the conservative and libertarian positions on...
A few months before Katherine Rick’s 15th birthday, she received a full scholarship to college. Her family was visiting Azusa Pacific University for her brother, who is three years older, when she and her mother wandered into the music building and met some faculty members. Rick performed a short concert on the piano. “I remember...