Jack Duffy is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How did you learn how to make kimchi? A couple years ago, a friend gave me a book called ‘Wild Fermentation’ by a man called Sandor Ellix Catz. It includes fermentations from all manner of cultures. There are...
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Contact Center to move downtown this summer
The Contact Center will relocate to a new office downtown this summer from the basement of Kendall Hall to accommodate the college’s growth. “The move was really necessitated by a shortage of space on campus,” Contact Center Director Mary Margeret Spiteri said. The new Contact Center will open on Howell Street, about a 10-minute walk...
Local group offers to prepare taxes for free
Hillsdale County residents who earn less than $57,000 will be eligible for free tax-return services through a new program that begins on Jan. 31. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will also serve residents of Jackson and Lenawee counties. Eligible residents have the opportunity to seek assistance in person at the Arbor Church in Spring...
Hillsdale’s Hobbies: ‘Nobody knows where the trick is going except for you’
Jack Hammons is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is your best trick? I have a couple of tricks that stand out in my mind. I have one where I can have somebody search for something on their phone, and without looking at their phone, I...
Alumna Sam Widmer ’21 elected to local school board
Hillsdale alumna Samantha Widmer ’21 was elected to the board of education in her hometown of Gibsonburg, Ohio, on Nov. 2, becoming the youngest member of the Gibsonburg school board. Widmer said she considered running for office soon after accepting a full-time job in her hometown. “When I found out that I was coming back...




