“Blue Door (Henry Packer),” egg tempera on panel, by Sam Knecht. Ty Ruddy | Collegian You might recall walking past a portrait of Pat and Lesley Sajak in the lobby of Kendall Hall, or of a girl practicing her violin in the echoey halls of Howard Music Hall. If neither of these are familiar, maybe...
Category: Culture
Bellet brings bluegrass to Hillsdale
At the end of each summer, sophomore David Bellet and his family throw a music night for their friends and families in Nashville to enjoy an evening of country, folk, and Americana before packing his bags to come back to school. “We park an old Ford outside of our tool shed, and our shed porch...
Seniors ‘Runaround’ competition in their last Battle of the Bands
Runaround, an all-senior campus band, secured its first win of the annual campus-wide Battle of the Bands competition hosted by the men’s music fraternity Theta Epsilon at Elks Lodge Oct. 17. “The concept for Battle is to get a bunch of bands together to play live music, compete, and have fun,” said Daniel Doyle, the...
Professors’ Picks
Dr. Murphy attends a Charger football game with his daughter Bronwyn. Courtesy | David Murphy BOOK: Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” books I turned to these while I was in graduate school for some light reading to complement the journals and textbooks I was reading most of the time. They are fun stories, and I enjoy them...
Simpson ‘men’ are not taking this seriously
Simpson chants before a football game in 2024: Courtesy | Student Activities Board From banner drop to football weekends, Simpson residents are the most colorful in the crowd — literally. Simpson’s colorful costumes and crazy antics during games has led Hillsdale PA announcer Warren Miller to dub them, “the most interesting student section in Division...


