Feet shuffle, fans roar, and a man in Hillsdale blue-and-white leaps for an impressive dunk — Hillsdale is up two points, and the crowd goes wild. In the excited uproar, everyone missed a small ‘click’ from under the basket. Junior Anthony Lupi says the moment was “the most surreal feeling.” As a photographer for the...
‘Fixer Upper’ couple launches new network to tell ordinary stories
When Chip and Joanna Gaines previewed their new TV network in April, I thought 2020 was saved. The husband-wife duo from the HGTV show “Fixer Upper” hasn’t slowed down since starting in 2013. They’ve flipped hundreds of houses, built the Silos and several stores and restaurants, started a magazine, and revived their hometown of Waco,...
Student starts campus yoga club
Hillsdale College student Jade Juniper is leading yoga classes, hoping to create a place for students to de-stress together and cultivate a community of meditation and relaxation. Juniper, a junior, recently obtained the 200-hour requirement to be officially certified as a yoga teacher this past summer. Juniper has been doing yoga for the past five...
‘Learning through doing’: A sweet enterprise
Libyan baklava shop Oea Bakery launched online on Feb. 1, sharing Hillsdale alumna Nour Hmieida’s heart for her family’s delicious, unique pastry recipe and beloved culture. Oea Bakery, named thoughtfully as a reference to the ancient Phoenician city Oea, sold about 60% of the available batch on the first day. The rest sold out before...
Retiring piano professor’s ‘swan song’ concert to be performed this weekend
Debbi Wyse and Kristi Gautsche will be playing their final duo piano on the Hillsdale Campus on Feb. 12 and 13th at 8pm in the Plaster Auditorium. The program is titled “Mosaic” because Wyse and Gautsche are hoping to create a musical mosaic from different styles and time periods. “We took mosaic as an art...




