For some graduates, the concept of working together with the dear friends made at Hillsdale seems unfeasible. For Hillsdale alumnae Betsy Howard ’10 and Laura Kern ’12, however, their common ideas developed into a shared vision to found a publishing house for children’s books, entitled Wandeling Press. Howard and Kern knew each other from afar...
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Students adopt grandparents with the GOAL program
Joyce Webb has seven children, 29 grandchildren, and 61 great-grandchildren, but they don’t visit often. So Hillsdale College senior Codi Jo Broten adopted Webb as her “grandma” as part of the Adopt-a-Grandparent GOAL program. Broten drives to the Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility and Rehabilitation Center every Monday to play Bingo with Webb. “It seems...
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Hillsdale County Fair boasts impressive singer record
A square-jawed man in a cowboy hat glowers down from a line of portraits that circles the perimeter of the Hillsdale County Fair office. The picture, “Johnny Cash—1986,” is nestled in the row following “Ricky Skaggs — 1985” and “June Carter and Sisters — 1986”. The Hillsdale County Fair has hosted some impressive acts over...
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Campus Chic: Mattie Vander Bleek
How would you define your style in three words? Librarian/young professional. Where do you shop In my housemates’ (and even my Mom’s) closets. Who is your fashion icon? Cruella de Vil. What is your favorite item of clothing? My miraculous medal ring. What is on your fashion wish list? A black turtleneck. What do you...
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Junior Simpsonite drops out to pursue film
“I Wish I Were a Little Boy” The strangely titled vinyl record clung to the front door, an odd tribute to the occupant inside. Sitting at his desk, junior Josh Hamilton edited a picture he took “somewhere out by the baseball fields.” Dressed in a Hillsdale athletics T-shirt and blue jeans, he swapped his wet...