At first, the rattling chandelier in Apartment C of the Hillsdale House dragged students from their rooms, wondering grouchily if this was an earthquake or the guys in Apartment D above. It was the latter: D’s residents tumbled apologetically down the steps to explain that junior Christian Yiu had just been doing his jumping jacks,...
To junior Michael Whitman and sophomore Hannah Hayes, Hillsdale isn’t that small. In the tiny towns of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, everyone knows everyone’s business. People don’t know it any other way. Whitman says he recalls visiting Milwaukee, his first time in a big city. “And it was just the wildest thing; It was the...
As the salmon-colored sun nestles the Florida skyline, Maddie Peter reclines on the bow of the Black Horse. Hotels and high-rises, burnished with pink-orange, fleck the coast of Clearwater Beach in front of her. Sometimes, on nights like this, dolphins glide among the boats docked at the ramp. From her place on her grandfather’s yacht...
As traditional formal dances for Greek houses draw near, campus dormitories and off-campus houses are imitating the events by putting on their own formals and date parties, while remaining true to their own cultures. On-campus residences Niedfeldt and Simpson put on a formal and date party, respectively, on Saturday, March 24. The Niedfeldt Formal, better...
A local couple has recently finished renovating a historic home after 27 months of work. The house, built in 1901, has been designed to look as if a family has maintained the home for more than a century. Bob Norton, the general counsel for Hillsdale College, and his wife Kathy purchased and renovated the historic...