Wayne Babcock’s dream as a child was to open his own restaurant. At age 32 he returned to Hillsdale to make this dream a reality. Wayne Babcock grew up in Hillsdale. After graduating from Northwood University with a degree in hospitality, he moved to Nevada to work in food services at a casino. He worked...
Christina Lambert, assistant professor of English, talks Indian food, literature, and paragliding. If you could meet any author, who would you meet? S. Eliot loved to go out in London for a good dinner and a night at the theater. He’d often write his menu on the back of the playbill. I’d join for an...
When 12:51 p.m. rolls around in the Knorr Dining Hall, the same chaotic group of students rush to the stationary conveyor belt, crowd the coffee bar, and race to the ice cream machines. The exit door of the dinning hall perpetually swings open as students sling their backpacks over one shoulder, carrying a brimming cup...
Stewart Prestley Blake’s rules for life were simple: don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t bed hop, work hard, and have dessert with every meal. While his stepdaughter Susan Abello doesn’t recommend following Blake’s eating habits, she attributes his success as a father, friend, business owner, and philanthropist to these core principles. Blake, who died in 2021...
Nature’s Creek Zoo is home to exotic animals like the Bengal cat, pictured here. Lauren Scott | Collegian After following a dirt road with signs pointing me toward Nature’s Creek Zoo, I arrived at a house that looked more fitting to be a farm than a petting zoo. Looking for a place to purchase tickets,...