The Voice of Charger Basketball fell silent earlier this month. A lifetime Hillsdale resident, Hillsdale College graduate, longtime radio announcer for WCSR, and active agent in local politics, Parke Hayes, 67, passed away on Jan. 10. Hayes was, in the words of one WCSR colleague, “the consummate multitasker” – a man of many hats who...
The Office of Health and Recreation, a subdivision of the student activities office, organized a ski trip Jan. 25 to Bittersweet Ski Lodge. This was its second ski trip. Last year, 45 students attended, but 100 students participated in Saturday’s trip. Amanda Bigney, director of student activities, said that last year’s trip only needed Hillsdale’s...
Showing a mixture of fine art, commercial, and journalistic photography, “Perspectives on Photography” opened last Saturday in the Daughtrey Gallery with a presentation and reception the following day. This show is the first exhibit in the Hillsdale College Art department’s Professional Artists Series this spring. The exhibit, running until Friday, Feb. 14, features four photographers:...
Student Federation President junior Arielle Mueller swore in Vice President junior Heather Lantis and Secretary junior Anna Teigen at last week’s Student Fed meeting. Due to her surgery on a broken leg, Treasurer and sophomore Marie Wathen was not sworn in. After the ceremony, Mueller reviewed the basic responsibilities of representatives and assigned chairmen to...
Peals of laughter erupted from Markel Auditorium on Jan. 17 as professional comedians sang about wiggling wombats, furry caps, jazzy cats, and sparkling snowflakes, all in the hopes of winning the “Phony Award,” a parody of Broadway’s Tony Award. For an hour and a half, a sold-out crowd enjoyed the musical and theatrical talents of...