For three and a half years, Thor D. Weel felt like a third wheel to his best friend and his girlfriend, who began Hillsdating after spending three hours in Saga discussing how the characters from Oedipus resemble various characters from “Dr. Who.” But Wheel was determined to make third-wheeling relevant, and after his two best...
At the beginning of the story, a man rushes outside on a cold, rainy night. It’s not until the end of the story that readers realize the man has no legs and is in a wheelchair. The story called “Night Run,” by junior English major Heather Woodhouse, won the Carlotta and Alvin Ewing English Award...
There’s 16 days left in the “Countdown to Launch” until students are “blasted off into outer space” — the theme for this year’s Centralhallapalooza on April 29. According to the Student Activities Board, the outer-space theme naturally fits the event, which will feature bounce houses and neon colors, black lights, and futuristic decorations to set...
After many years of teaching, playing music, and evangelizing in Hillsdale, Robert “Bob” L. Taylor died at home on March 27 from a heart attack after a brief illness, less than a month away from turning 73. “I used to say he was like a happy puppy — he was always cheerful, always had a...
In the 1980s and ’90s, Will Carleton loans were a regular part of conversation — like picking up a drop/add card or hearing the chimes of the clock tower. Now, though the business office still offers these loans, only about two or three students use them each month, because many students don’t know about them,...