“Five ducks are sitting on a pier, and one of the ducks jumps off into the water. How many ducks are left?” For Christian missionary Tim Brannagan, the correct answer isn’t “four.” “An Ethopian would say zero, because if one of the ducks jumped off, the rest would follow,” Brannagan said. Brannagan and his wife,...
For junior Emily Walker and her sister Caroline, a freshman, first impressions of Hillsdale started well before traditional college visits. Each said one of her earliest memories is of dropping off their eldest brother Chris ’06 at Hillsdale in 2002. Caroline was just two years old at the time. Since then, each of the five...
The walls of Olds Residence enclose a little-known slice of paradise, and house director Linda Gravel is working with her residents to expand it this year. In the middle of the women’s residence are two open courtyards. Gravel already transformed one into a garden with benches and a picnic table during her first year at...
Hudson — When the amateur apiarists of the Lost Nations Beekeepers Association extracted honey from their hives in the Sugar Shack, they were too focused to lick their fingers. And although it was his first extraction, 14-year-old Derek McClory was no exception. September is extraction month, and Saturday was the last extraction day for members...
When Hillsdale student Mary Barnum lost her husband during the Civil War, she dedicated herself to doing all she could for the Union. She became an army nurse and used her widow’s pension of $20 per month to purchase medical supplies for the United States Sanitary Commission. Barnum was not the only Hillsdale woman who...