Once an informal friend group that played together, the Hillsdale ultimate frisbee club now represents the college in national tournaments as an organized sports club team. Ultimate frisbee is a team sport that combines concepts from American football, soccer, and basketball but uses a disc instead of a ball. To score a goal, players pass...
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Simpson reclaims homecoming crown after Mock Rock
Simpson Residence stormed the dance floor as a Spartan army Saturday, winning back the homecoming trophy with a second place Mock Rock finish behind first place Niedfeldt Residence. “Having that win in the air just adds something completely different,” junior Simpson resident assistant Zachary Ponraj said. “We were up with alumni just telling stories and...
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Pipe bursts in student union, causing downpour
This story has been updated to include more current information. Cold weather caused a pipe to burst in the entryway of the Grewcock Student Union Monday around 11 a.m. Water flooded the union entrance near Mossey Library, causing students to have to use the back entrance. Maintenance workers immediately began clearing the water from...
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Hillsdale’s ‘buried treasure’: Student works with ancient coins
Every week, senior Katie Hillery ducks into Mossey Library to research and catalog some of the college’s lesser-known resources: the Alwin C. Carus Coin Collection, the Brauer coin collection, and the Gleeson coin collection. Altogether, the three collections consist of more than 2,000 coins, yet Hillery said few students are aware of their existence. As...
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When professors audit, in addition to teach
Provost David Whalen said he encourages professors to audit their colleagues’ classes, just as Biology Professor Dan York has done this semester in taking Photography II from Photography Professor Doug Coon. His encouragement has worked — a handful of professors add extra hours in a classroom building to their schedules every semester, but they spend...