Finish Line Family Restaurant has been a staple in the diet of many Hillsdale residents since 1976. At its establishment, Finish Line was primarily an ice cream parlor but it also served soups, salads, and sandwiches. After a few years, it was purchased from the original owners by the House of Flavors, a Michigan-based ice...
This fall, Visiting Professor of English Patrick Timmis ’13 joined the ranks of Hillsdale alumni on the college faculty. “It ended up being very providential that they needed somebody to be here this year and teach,” Timmis said. “It’s a little bit surreal to be back here in a really good way.” While professors of...
This summer, Hillsdale faced some of the most severe storms its people have seen in years. The aftermath left Hillsdale residents with stories about some of their most well-known trees. One of the losses of the first storm was a large sugar maple between Delp Hall and Lane Hall. After it fell, professor of English...
Sincere community has a home in the heart of downtown Quincy, Michigan, among the overflowing shelves of Book Haven, a resale bookstore. Jay and Samantha LaFountain purchased the bookstore three years ago and changed the name from The Swallows Nest, named after the previous owners, to Book Haven. “I saw a Facebook post that the...
While UFOs have been around for decades, recently they have started playing by different rules. Unidentified flying objects, also called unidentified aerial phenomena or flying saucers, have made a lasting impact on popular culture. Often, talk about them has connotations of extraterrestrial life. Strictly speaking, a UFO is just what the name says it is:...