During the 1960s, campus fashionista Terry Grieger wrote a fashion-focused column in an attempt to bring the trendiest styles to Hillsdale College. Called Fashion Wise, this column offered advice for all aspects of fashion including hairstyles, makeup, and clothing choices by using frequent quotations from the Cosmopolitan Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar to report the hottest trends. For example, on Feb....
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The final score: Athletes plan post-grad
According to the NCAA, 95% of athletes go on to pursue a career outside of sports after graduation, and this year’s graduating group of Hillsdale seniors holds a wide variety of post-graduation plans. Four seniors, Catherine Voisin, David Graham, Joey Humes, and Ryan Zetwick discussed their post-graduation plans that range from humanities to sciences. Voisin, a swimmer, said she always...
Life on an organic farm in the winter
When Ezra and Mary Bertakis decided they would begin farming, they committed to working an organic farm. No synthetic pesticides and no chemicals. They wanted to produce the very best produce. Ezra Bertakis and his wife began Chef’s Way Organic Farm in 2012, and it’s one of the “original” organic farms. Ezra Bertakis said his grandfather “hobby-farmed” the land back...
Fox News visits Hillsdale business
Fox News came to the City of Hillsdale, but it wasn’t in relation to the college. The news channel came to see a family-owned electric terminal business, Hillsdale Terminals. It all started when Jim Condon, president of the company, received a call from Manufacturing Marvels, a two-minute segment that airs on Fox Business Channel every night. The segment spotlights manufacturers...
Professional gamer qualifies for World Championships
For many, being paid to play a game that one loves is a far-off childhood dream. But for sophomore Shane Cenk, that dream is his everyday. Despite gaming competitively for less than two years, Cenk will travel to Malaysia later this month to compete in the “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG) World Championship; the second international tournament finals of his career. This...
Legalizing marijuana: one year later
A year after Michigan voters approved a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use for individuals over the age of 21, Hillsdale College has neither changed its policies nor has it seen more usage among students, according to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. “Drugs can be a dangerous threat to our mission of developing the minds and improving the hearts...
