The Hillsdale math club eats pizza and solves math problems. Jillian Parks | Collegian “Has this always been here?” Sophomore Andrew Schmidt asked the group of us gathered outside Associate Professor of Mathematics David Gaebler’s office at 6 a.m. on April 12. He was referring to a geometric piece of art, about 2.5 feet in...
Rachel Mumme makes many different kinds of sourdough bread. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons When Rachel Mumme, wife of Hillsdale Associate Professor of Theology Jonathan Mumme, discovered her daughter suffered from a yeast allergy, she became motivated to bake her own sourdough bread. Mumme didn’t want her daughter to feel left out from eating foods the...
Members of the Lone Star Society celebrate Texas’s independence. Courtesy | Josh Underwood Deep in the heart of southern Michigan, a group of Hillsdale College students are celebrating the unique culture of Texas, thousands of miles from home. The Lone Star Society, founded by junior Josh Underwood and his cousin, senior Madelyn Hornell, emerged from...
Juniors Olyvia Oeverman and Jacob Beckwith didn’t want to wait until senior year to be engaged. Courtesy | Olyvia Oeverman Instagram posts, word-of-mouth, and diamonds on left hands: The news travels quickly when Hillsdale students get engaged. The “ring by spring” phenomenon doesn’t apply only to seniors, though. At least a dozen junior couples are...
As students traveled back to campus the weekend after spring break, sophomore Luke Waters sat in the back of the Motor City Casino in Detroit, Michigan, wrapping his hands and preparing for the first fight of his Mixed Martial Arts career. “I was praying and I was begging for victory,” Waters said. “But there was...