Jack Duffy is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How did you learn how to make kimchi? A couple years ago, a friend gave me a book called ‘Wild Fermentation’ by a man called Sandor Ellix Catz. It includes fermentations from all manner of cultures. There are...
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A.M.O.G.U.S. supsends, too ‘sus’ for saga
Hillsdale’s American Men of God Society U.S. (A.M.O.G.U.S.) chapter officially disbanded on Feb. 1 after a roughly three-month experiment in self-government. The club’s name is a joke based on the hit online game “Among Us,” in which crewmates complete tasks on a spaceship while trying to uncover the identity of the “Impostor,” a role secretly...
‘Life of the party’: Hillsdale flyers befriend feline
One of Hillsdale Municipal Airport’s employees lives in the building and sometimes greets flyers by coming out from under the chairs in the terminal building. “Airport Lucy,” as she’s been nicknamed, is a cat. Some of her primary duties include warding off mice and making people happy. “I’d never seen her kill a mouse until...
Getting sad with S.A.D.
“Take your vitamins, kids.” Senior Vera Mackyntoich is specifically referring to vitamin D, the most common treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is also colloquially known as seasonal depression. Kari Coupland, a nurse at the Health and Wellness Center, said SAD is a type of depression that usually starts in the fall and then...
Fleece, please: Local llama farm flourishes
Kent and Tahny Lowry initially bought 30 acres of land in hopes of raising their sons and a few animals as best as they could. Before they knew it, they became the owners of a small farm and an alpaca fiber business. Lowry’s Little Flock Farm is home to alpacas and llamas, as well as...


