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Fish and woodchips

Passersby call it the fish house. Colorful fish carvings, extending as long as eight feet, dance across the front of the summer cottage in northern Michigan. Artfully painted and masterfully crafted, the fish exemplify just a few of Jerry Rumler’s woodworks. Jerry began carving almost 30 years ago. When he and his wife LeAnne expected...

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A Visit to the Rink

Hillsdale College used to have a hockey team, but it was disbanded in the ’80s. With no regulation ice arena in town, the team used to drive to Jackson, Mich. to practice. Today, the town is still without an official ice arena, but most community members could show you where everyone goes to skate: The...

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Q&A with Fulbright scholar Evan Gage

Evan Gage, ’14 applied for the Fulbright Scholarship to Turkey after visiting the country with the Honors program. As a Fulbright scholar, Gage is employed by both the Turkish Council of Higher Education through his school, Gazios-manpaşa Üniver-sitesi, and the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Services. Working for both organizations, Gage...

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Horsin’ around in Florida

The chances of her interning in Wellington, Florida for the Phelps Media Group internship were slim. After all, the internship program invited every college equestrian in the country to apply. As senior Glynis Williams approached the final week of her fall semester at Hillsdale College, she never thought that, in a matter of days, she...

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Sharp Shooters

Producing a movie is a long and expensive process. Finding success as a director can take years. Hillsdale students Shaun Lichti and Joshua Hamilton recognize they are in for the long haul. Lichti, a senior studying marketing management, began his first serious directing and producing experience in 2009 as a sophomore in high school. Lichti...