Becky Schoon can’t remember a time without singing. Ever. One of her earliest memories is of tagging along with her mom to an accompaniment practice. “When I was really little one of the girls was sick and couldn’t hit the note,” senior Becky Schoon said. “So I sang the note for her. ” She hasn’t...
Author: Teddy Sawyer
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MacRitchie addition of health center open to public
Approximately 150 community members attended the grand opening of the John “Jack” MacRitchie North Wing addition at the Hillsdale Community Health Center on March 3, including much of the MacRitchie family, state Sen. Bruce Caldwell, and state Rep. Ken Kurtz. With the cutting of the ribbon, William and John MacRitchie Jr., the sons of the...
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Debate aims at nationals
Three members of the Hillsdale College debate team competed March 2 and 3 at the Otterbein University Spring Fiesta, a small tournament in preparation for upcoming nationals and Pi Kappa Delta tournaments. Senior Bryan Brooks and freshmen Emily Runge and Kevin Ambrose each competed in the events in which Runge won fourth speaker overall and...
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Full-time students, double-time athletes
Coming into her first year of college, freshman Sydney Delp decided to play both basketball and tennis at the Division II level, all in addition to academics and transitioning into college life. Freshmen Todd Frickey and Alissa Jones both decided to pick up track events alongside their year-round conditioning and participation in football and swimming,...
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Poetry, painting, and sculpture appear in “Art of the Journey”
Don Tocco says the shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. And he would know. The donor and mastermind behind the annual competition titled “The Tocco Challenge,” Tocco recently released his first collection of personal artwork. Tocco published “Art of the Journey” in 2011. The book contains a variety of poetry, sculpture, photographs, and...