In a way, it was a coffee subscription that brought her to the convent. Before she was Sister Lucia of the Word of God, Meghan Perks ’18 was a Hillsdale graduate purchasing a subscription to Mystic Monk Coffee, a Carmelite monastery’s small business. Contemplating the monks’ spirituality brought her back to a consideration of religious...
Ian Church is a professor of philosophy and religion. This interview has been edited for clarity. What is your favorite place you have ever traveled to? I think Athens, Greece has to be really high up there. I was there for a major philosophy conference, but we also snuck away to go see the sights,...
Before it was Slayton Arboretum, it was just a hilly gathering of trees two friends stumbled across while looking for a place to talk and smoke. The arboretum is now a beautiful place on campus for studying, conversation, reflection, dates, parties, or group events. “The Arb” has been here for almost as long as Hillsdale...
“It’s always been Frank and Grace and Frank and Grace, so Frankie is Frankie and Francis is Francis.” Seniors Grace Cool and Frankie Vitale are getting married this June. Coincidentally, their close friends, seniors Grace Mauck and Francis Lucchetti, will be getting married this January. Grace and Frankie: “I would never, ever date you again,...
When Dr. Gary Wolfram, professor of economics, saw Henry Rono’s picture in the 1978 Runner’s World Magazine, he decided to move across the country to train for a year with the Kenyan runner. Forty years later, a visitor to Wolfram’s office can still see Rono’s running shoes hanging from a hook on the side of...