When sophomores Jolene Estruth and Emille Martelli began teaching English to Syrian refugee children this past summer at a school in Jordan, most of the children, ages 5-7, knew three words in English: hi, bathroom, and teacher. Throughout the next three weeks, both Estruth and Martelli connected with the students, sharing whatever English lessons they...
Many Hillsdale students and faculty assume Alpha Xi Delta sorority has been gone for decades. It only went defunct 14 years ago, however, and its departure played a role in shaping today’s informal recruitment process to what it is today. AXD was created in 1982 and departed in 2004 following many years of extreme growth...
It was a carnival of carnage. When the 12-year-old Indian elephant Little Rajje rebelled against her trainer, Bill Pratt, at the circus in downtown Lansing on Sept. 26, 1963, the city went wild. Little Rajje was a big, but well-trained beast — clocking in at 3,000 pounds and with 10 years of accident-free experience in...
On the patio of the New Dorm last week, the intervarsity of international students gathered around a hearty bonfire, roasting s’mores and chatting about their week. “I met amazing people and got to talk about Colombia, my college experience and even played some Colombian music,” Juan Vargas Hernandez, a second-semester sophomore and transfer student from...
Shane Powers, Bon Appétit’s new account support manager, takes students’ food concerns personally. Powers often walks around the dining hall during mealtimes, asking students about their experience and if he can do anything to make it better. “That’s actually a personal thing of mine,” Powers said. “I take great pride in the food that we...