“A thought experiment, with beautiful visuals.” That’s what the friend next to me in the theater said as the final credits rolled over Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049.” The guy sitting on the end of the row gave the film a Platonic reading on the car ride home. Another person I ran into at the...
Author: Nic Rowan (Nic Rowan)
Local law enforcement responds to Las Vegas shooting
Hillsdale Police Chief Scott Hephner stated Hillsdale law enforcement is working to ensure a quick response if a terror-driven tragedy should occur in Hillsdale, following the mass shooting Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday evening. Speaking at a City Council meeting on Monday, Hephner said both police and fire departments are trained to respond to these...
Local pilot named airport manager
Although she’s only been Hillsdale Municipal Airport manager for five days, Ginger Moore already has almost a lifetime of experience with the airport. Since childhood, Moore has been surrounded by flight. Both her parents were pilots, and as a child, she was present with them when the Hillsdale airport opened. She became a commercial pilot...
125 years of Charger football
Hillsdale College may not be a nationally known football powerhouse, but there was a time when the Chargers could — and did — defeat The University of Notre Dame. It happened on Thanksgiving Day in 1892, when the Fighting Irish challenged the Chargers to an exhibition match. Already a football giant, Notre Dame expected to...
A fair food pilgrimage
When I took Physical Wellness Dynamics the first semester of freshman year, the “food journal” section had the misfortune of coinciding with the Hillsdale County Fair. For a class of freshmen tasked with recording everything that went into our bodies, this was depressing. The fair offered us elephant ears, funnel cakes, fried Milky Ways —...




