“You guys look so cold!” A woman said to Disney princesses Cinderella, Elsa, and Anna as they stood outside of Wal-Mart, ringing the bell for Salvation Army. “It’s not a problem, the cold never bothered me anyway,” Elsa said. Later, when no longer in character, senior Rebekah Molloy admitted that even as Elsa, she was...
David Raney, professor of history, refuses to eat store-bought syrup. He’s grown accustomed to syrup that originated in his own backyard, boiled down from the sap of maple trees. “Whatever flavoring they use in store-bought syrup bears no resemblance. The flavor is off … It’s thicker, gooey, and inconsistent,” Raney said. Raney hasn’t collected sap...
This weekend, 170 members of the Hillsdale College music department’s symphony orchestra and two choirs will participate in three performances of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” One-third of the school — roughly 500 students — regularly participate in the music department and one-quarter are members of ensembles. In 1997, however, only 50 students were in the...
The average Hillsdale student walks past more than 35 posters on the way to the Grewcock Student Union from Lane Hall. But the posters that students actually stop at, read, and point at for a nearby friend to read are the work of Hillsdale’s own Artist and Teacher Bryan Springer ’94. “That’s the challenge,” Springer...
Hillsdale freshman Ritah Ogayo worked as a professional model in Kenya before coming to the U.S., when her passion for fashion took a back seat to Kenya’s dire need for good hospitals and skilled doctors. “I’ve always been a leader,” she said. “I saw modeling as an opportunity to make people know me better. Modeling...