More mothers in Hillsdale County smoke while pregnant than in neighboring counties. According to the most recent data released by the Michigan Department of Community Health in 2011, Hillsdale County’s maternal and infant birth statistics fare better than the state average in some categories, but prove to be worse in others. “Tobacco use is more...
Hillsdale Academy juniors and seniors hope to attract couples looking for a nearby Valentine’s date and a good cause tonight, as they host their annual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction from 5:30 through 7:30 p.m. in the Academy gym. “This is the first year we’ve planned it for Valentine’s Day,” said Hillsdale Academy Headmaster Ken...
In addition to the piles of real snow accumulating around the Hillsdale campus, an “avalanche of E.E. Cummings” will hit the area on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Anthony Zerbe, a professional actor best known for performances in the Matrix movies, the 1989 film “License to Kill,” and 1973’s “The Omega Man,” will perform a one-man show...
Chemistry students at Hillsdale College know that if they need a handful of Runts to give them a sugar boost for their day along with extra clarification on advanced inorganic homework, there’s only one professor to go to: Dr. V, as he is so fondly referred to by his students. Christopher Van Orman, dean of...
For sophomores Bailey Lindner and Garrett West, natives of Jacksonville, Fla., the winter weather in Hillsdale, Mich., last year was painful. “Back home, my cold weather attire is a hoodie over a T-shirt; it’s normally warm enough to shed the hoodie in the afternoons. So, I wasn’t prepared at all,” West said. While the low...