The year is 1924. Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, two young runners, are training vigorously for the Paris Olympics. The British athletes are determined to pursue the sport of running in testimony to God’s glory. Decades later, the influence of these two young men brought runner Luke Hickman ’15 from Midland, Michigan to Hillsdale. Luke,...
In addition to the 22 men named John at Hillsdale, there are six Jonathans, one John Paul, one Johnny Cole, one Jon-Luke, and one Jon. The name of every male on the Student Activities Board, sophomore John Biscaro said, is some variation of John: sophomore John Ball, sophomore Jack Hall, and senior Ian Brown. Ian...
When Ezra and Mary Bertakis decided they would begin farming, they committed to working an organic farm. No synthetic pesticides and no chemicals. They wanted to produce the very best produce. Ezra Bertakis and his wife began Chef’s Way Organic Farm in 2012, and it’s one of the “original” organic farms. Ezra Bertakis said his...
A year after Michigan voters approved a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use for individuals over the age of 21, Hillsdale College has neither changed its policies nor has it seen more usage among students, according to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. “Drugs can be a dangerous threat to our mission of developing the...
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity on Hillsdale College’s campus disbanded mysteriously in December 1995, but rumors concerning why the TKE National Chapter chose to shut down the Iota Nu Chapter, and the increasing impatience of the administration with its members still puzzle students nearly a quarter of a century later. Some say the TKEs tarred...