S ometimes I stop what I am doing and daydream about a class I took seven months ago. I think about the manatee that swam by me in Zane Grey Creek, fishing for sharks with my friends after hours of identifying snails in the lab, the fresh seafood I mowed on at Whale Harbor Buffet,...
Author: Phil Morgan
Off the record
So I’m one of about 20 students graduating at the half-way point. Graduating in December is really melodramatic. The college basically reminds you about your loans, hands you a piece of paper, pats you on the butt, and wishes you well as they send you on your way. Everyone else is asking me what I’m...
Charger Chatter: Nick Washburn
Senior Nick Washburn has started for each of the last four seasons at Hillsdale. The 6’10” center was 2nd team All-GLIAC in 2011-12. This year he will be called upon to lead the team in the wake of three key departures at the end of last season. You finished first in the GLIAC...
Youthful Lady Chargers will be a force in the GLIAC
Looking at the Chargers 2012-13 line-up it would be reasonable to call this season a rebuilding year. The team lost several key players from last season’s squad, and only one senior is on the current roster, star point-guard Lea Jones. Yet head coach Claudette Charney has always found a way to win and there is...
Charger Chatter: Nikki Walbright
GLIAC women’s tennis coach of the year Nikki Walbright tells us how she turned around Hillsdale’s tennis program and how athletics can mean academic success. How did the team do at the GLIAC tournament? They succeeded beyond expectation. After we got to the tournament, I really wanted to place higher than we were seeded,...