A six-year-old chess player slides out of her chair after finishing a game. “I’m getting good at this!” she says. “Yes, you are,” agrees sophomore Jessica Chen, who has just finished explaining how to defend vulnerable pieces. “You’re excellent. You’ve improved a lot since this morning.” The pair has played two games on a flat,...
Hillsdale is not known for attracting large numbers of international students, but two Hillsdale golfers, sophomore George Roberts and junior Liam Purslowe, have crossed hemispheres to attend Hillsdale. Coach Nathan Gilchrist said the golf team looks for qualified athletes around the world. “We have recruited students from all over the globe,” Gilchrist said. “Every year...
The one thing senior Tori Wichman has kept from her years of growing up in foster care is a blanket from the nonprofit Children’s Lantern. It’s pink, with purple threading around the border. Wichman led a service project this October to help other kids in foster care get the same sort of comfort she got...
The first semester of college can be an experiment gone haywire for some students. For those who aren’t happy with their living situations, the release of housing forms initiates the perennial scramble to defect once again. Between the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters last year, 44 students switched to a different on-campus residence. Students...
They have kept his room the same. His clothes are still folded in his drawers and his bed is made, but they keep his door closed now. Inside his room, cards and letters line his bookshelves, and two candles glow in his windows. Those candles never go out, and they greet his parents, winking out...