At 8 a.m. on Nov. 4, 1945, the women of the Chi Omega sorority slept peacefully in their beds. By 8:15 a.m. the house was in a commotion. “Fire!” Residents sprang to their feet and ran out into the chilly morning to escape the billowing smoke. “There we stood in the backyard in our nightgowns...
Author: Vivian Hughbanks (Vivian Hughbanks)
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Ambler House: from home to health center
The Roaring ’20s brought a social stage to Hillsdale, and the Ambler House, located between Broadlawn and the Alpha Tau Omega house, was the center of the social scene. “In 1920 a group of girls who had become quite satiated with the thrills of sorority life moved over to the Ambler House where they practice...
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50 students attend CPAC
“President Paul! President Paul!” the crowds roared as Sen. Rand Paul took the stage at the 50th annual Conservative Political Action Conference on the afternoon of March 7. Paul, a favorite of many students for the presidential nomination in 2016, was one of the many speakers students saw at CPAC 2014. Approximately 50 Hillsdale students...
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Tower Players set ‘Much Ado’ in 1940s
Live, soft jazz sparkles as the final troops of World War II in the Pacific return to Washington D.C., the setting of the theater department’s production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” The show opens with the return of Don Pedro and his companions Benedick and Claudio from the Pacific theater. Dressed in khaki uniforms,...
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Bringing the gods to life
What happens when an Irish Catholic priest heads west to 1864 Colorado to evangelize an American Indian tribe? In sophomore Caleb Eatough’s recently published book, “The Western Gods,” that priest falls in love with an American Indian goddess named Eithne, and other gods retaliate. “Sometimes things don’t really have a realistic solution,” Eatough said. “The...