Spikeball is a backyard game consisting of two teams playing around a round net. Courtesy|Unsplash In spite of the blistering heat, Hillsdale’s Roundnet Club hosted their inaugural Spikeball tournament last week. Students gathered on Simpson Fields on Friday from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. to participate in the tournament. 16 teams competed, which included beginner and...
Scholars dream of taking the same morning walks as C.S. Lewis and praying in the same churches that J.R.R. Tolkien, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Cardinal Newman attended. For alumni Nicholas West ’22, Audrey Southgate ’16, and undergraduate student Jerry Biggerstaff, this dream is reality. All three students are currently studying at Oxford. West is working...
When life throws her curve balls, freshman Miriam Ritchey picks up her Bible. After facing the loss of a friend due to cancer, Ritchey sought Scripture for support. “I legitimately just googled for lament psalms and I found a short one, Psalm three, and I put it to music,” Ritchey said. Ritchey started memorizing Psalms...
The Mock Trial team celebrates after a victory in February. Courtesy | Hillsdale Mock Trial Robin Skye spent 10 years in prison for a crime she never committed. She is now suing for legal malpractice, and on April 14, Hillsdale Mock Trial’s A and B teams will travel to Memphis, Tennessee to argue her case...
Jim Frank tried to retire, but it never worked. “I really wasn’t good for retirement,” he said. Frank, 82, retired for the first time in his 60s. After returning to work and retiring again, he now publishes the local magazine Frank Talk. In 2001, he and his wife Patricia Frank started the magazine, which is...