“When I’m in college I want to be just like you!” Hillsdale College students often open the journals they share with local elementary students to affectionate entries like this one. Passing the journal back and forth helps the young students form a mentorship with the college-aged volunteers. Journal Buddies is a pen pal system between...
Author: Michael Bachmann (Michael Bachmann)
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Class documentary follows lives of Hillsdale students in Civil War
“Hillsdale played such an important role in the Union and not one documentary has been made about it,” said senior Reagan Gensiejewski said. Gensiejewski and her classmates senior in a video storytelling class, Lily McHale, junior Gabrielle Beassette, and sophomore Carter McNish, are hoping to change that in a video storytelling class with their upcoming...
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Hillsdale’s Hidden Hobbies: Flanagan Anderson
Flanagan Anderson is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length. When did you start playing the saxophone? Freshman year of highschool. I learned how to play over the summer. I went up to Pat Love, our music director, and said, ‘Hey, can I be in a jazz band as a...
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Bon Appetit hosts grand opening for grab ‘n’ go mini-mart
This Tuesday, Bon Appeitit hosted a grand opening for the Charger Cafe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Old Snack Bar. The new cafe, which replaced the previous grab ‘n’ go system, is a fully autonomous mini-mart. At the event, students and faculty were able to take up to $20 worth of food...
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Career Services offers networking trip to Nashville
Students can visit Nashville, Tennessee, over fall break and explore professional opportunities as part of the first-ever trip to the city sponsored by Career Services. “Nashville is a real up-and-coming city, and it’s as open as Chicago is closed,” said Director of Career Services Ken Koopmans. The trip, which costs $125, will run from Wednesday...