Follow Natalie on Twitter Any brides, bridesmaids, mothers of the bride, and women looking to renew their vows can take a trip downtown to Hillsdale’s third annual Wedding Walk on Saturday. Jane Stewart, owner of Smith’s Flowers, said the Walk isn’t just for brides. Participants begin the Walk at Elks Lodge, where they pick up...
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“The Misanthrope” and haute couture
A suit-jacket with shorts. A face-encompassing hat. A glittering chartreuse jacket. High fashion meets the Tower Players in their latest production, “The Misanthrope” by Molière. The 1666 play was originally set in French High Court, but director George Angell has brought the performance into the modern day. The show opened last night and will run...
Charger Chatter: David Moncada
David Moncada is the new women’s assistant basketball coach. He comes to Hillsdale after coaching elementary, AAU, high school and college club basketball teams. How did you come to Hillsdale? Coach Mauk and my relationship goes back 15 years. We both coached at Eaton Rapids High School and were descendants of Willis Whitmyer’s coaching. We...
Honor Veterans Day
During the Civil War, no Northern college sent a greater percentage of soldiers to battle than Hillsdale. So many went willingly that not one student was drafted. According to the Hillsdale Historical Society, Albert Castel wrote that “there were few places in the North, and certainly no campus, where the fire of the Civil War...
‘Hillsdale’s Ambassador’ dies
Follow Natalie on Twitter Aimee England, a volunteer, political activist, and dear friend to many in the Hillsdale community, passed away Tuesday morning of surgery complications. “She lived her life in capital letters,” Benita DeRose of Domestic Harmony said of England. The Collegian interviewed England on Oct. 21 for a profile that was intended to...