A video camera, blackout curtains, and a car were the only requirements for senior Tyler Sechrist’s summer job. He spends most of his time at Hillsdale during the semester at the rock wall, with the Phi Mu Alpha boys, or running lights for theater productions. Sechrist’s summer work as a private investigator expanded his already...
Winona Lake, Winona Drive, the Winona yearbook, and, two years ago, a Winona statue at Stock’s Park. Who is this “beautiful and brave young maiden,” as the plaque reads, and why should you care? Over the last 200 years, Winona’s tale has become obscured; its narratives twist back and forth between fact and legend, reality...
Have you ever parted ways with a classmate as they walk into the library, only to see them three minutes later sitting in AJ’s? Have you ever tried to talk to someone from your Western Heritage class, but get confused when they act like they’ve never met you before? It’s not bilocation. It’s not amnesia....
The idea of taking a physics class fills many students with stressful memories of torque, inertia, and seemingly pointless story problems. Luckily for Hillsdale College students, Stephanie Lauback, the new assistant professor of physics, relates to students who initially struggle with the subject and is committed to helping them see physics in a new light....
When Jim Cole invited me to his 120-year-old farmhouse to see a 160-year-old picture of Hillsdale College, I wasn’t sure what I had gotten myself into. “You ain’t scared of big dogs, are you?” he asked over the phone. I brought along beef jerky to cajole the two hounds that guard his driveway. He told...