In the 1970s—back before commercial irony—the soda company Faygo ran a wildly successful TV ad featuring a group of adults boarding a steamboat and singing arm-in-arm about their favorite childhood memories. It’s hard to tell what exactly is being sold until the very end, when the boat paddles off into the sunset. The lotus-drinkers conclude their list (roller skates, yo-yos,...
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Emilia Heider photographs the ‘infinite’ at Hillsdale
Emilia Heider’s first photography experience was shooting pictures of rose bushes with a “crappy digital camera” in junior high. Today, her work is frequently featured on the cover of The Forum, Hillsdale College’s literary magazine, and friends tell her she should work for National Geographic. “My dad’s hobby was photography,” said Heider, who is a senior majoring in English and...
Eric Benedict: only chef in the state using just Michigan-grown ingredients
Eric Benedict, the new The Rockwell Lake Lodge chef, has turned the lodge’s restaurant into the only 100 percent Michigan-sourced kitchen in the state. In May 2018, Benedict became the chef and Hospitality Manager of Rockwell Lake Lodge, which is a bed and breakfast owned and operated by the college and located in Luther, Michigan. Benedict brings his 9 years...
Alumni run medical missionary base in Paris
Five years ago, Olivia Allen ’13 was taking photos for Simpson Residence during homecoming week and snapping photos on the sidelines at football games. Today, Olivia and her husband Jonathan are full time missionaries for Youth With a Mission in Paris, France. While she was a student at Hillsdale, Olivia was on a pre-med track and studied biochemistry. Now, Olivia...
Christ Chapel: Hillsdale’s fifth chapel since the mid-1800s
Christ Chapel is not Hillsdale College’s first chapel. It’s the fifth. The school’s first chapel stood in the current campus’ original college building, the second occupied Central Hall, the third was College Baptist Church, the fourth stands in the Knorr Student Center, and the fifth — Christ Chapel — will sit directly behind Central Hall. According to “The First...
Underground Dating Ring 2: Hillsdating strikes back
Several Hillsdale students have recombined forces to combat what they see as an increasingly pervasive part of Hillsdale student culture: Hillsdating. The goal of the new Underground Dating Ring, which is a continuation of a group founded two years ago by Haley Talkington ’17 and Carly Hubbard ’16, is to combat Hillsdating by helping people to feel more comfortable going...
