Sophomore Tanner Jelso recently finished his four-year labor of love — a self-published fantasy adventure novel that is set to debut on Nov. 1. “Alavi” is a 600-page story about Leif Hallgrimsson’s quest to defeat the king of the nation of Shaidan. Jelso said the story is inspired by “Dune,” “The Lord of the Rings,”...
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Fall brings the pumpkin harvest to Hillsdale
Students pick pumpkins in the dark. Courtesy | Mindy Poole When freshman Rowan Woodard met senior Sam Montone in the Grewcock Student Union last week, he did not expect to be paid for picking pumpkins for three hours the next day. “Sam came up to me while I was sitting in the student union, and...
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Campus Character: Michael Bogumill
Michael Bogumill is a senior physics major from Parker, Ohio. Bogumill works for Information Technology Services, serves as president of Catholic Society, volunteers with Hillsdale Hospital, and lives in Burt House. What’s your favorite book besides the Bible? I really like “Anna Karenina” because it has an incredible way of looking at the nuances of...
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Student Substack covers F1 races around the world
Sandala watches an F1 race with her friend, Anna Teply ’26. The Collegian | Alessia Sandala When two Hillsdale journalism interns saw a movie in Nashville last year, they weren’t expecting to be inspired to start a car racing publication. Since March, senior Alessia Sandala and Catherine Maxwell ’26 have published a Substack called Parabolica,...
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‘Deep roots’: Students who call Hillsdale home
Tim, Anne, Elizabeth, and Evelyn Gray on the Baw Beese Trail. Courtesy | Megan Gray When Hillsdale Academy graduate and current sophomore Andrew Spiegel started at Hillsdale College, he felt like he’d moved to a different town. “It was weird, feeling like I had moved, but then I would go downtown, and it’s the same...