While most in the Hillsdale area sport pickup trucks or sensible Subarus, one Hillsdale couple opts for a different style of transportation: a horse-drawn wagon. At least once a month, Barney and Teresa Traylor can be seen driving in downtown Hillsdale in a horse-drawn wagon, taking a break from the regular hustle and bustle of modern life. For the Traylors,...
Features
Historic Hysteria: Sock Day
“Men will Don Gay Colors while Girls Wear Hair in Curls.” What. A. Headline. The April 21 1921 issue of The Collegian did not disappoint in its description of an extinct, but absolutely electric, Hillsdale Holiday: Sock Day. The article reads, “Some years ago, we don’t know just when, the men of Hillsdale College with malice aforethought and intent to...
‘Hey mom, it’s the music guy!’: GOAL sings at Head Start
Their eyes dance in awe as they watch the flute. For some, it is their first time. Little jaws drop as the sound lingers in the air at the end of “Twinkle Twinkle little Star.” Wisps of music scarves follow behind the mini feet that move to the music. For the first time, the “Music in the Community” GOAL Program...
Pulp Michigan: White Castle, Fast Food Royalty
Harold and Kumar have nothing on this. I found salvation in a White Castle, when I was a freshman driving through central Ohio. These were the days when Spotify classified me as in “the top one percent of Kanye West listeners.” The days when I kept a copy of “Infinite Jest” and polaroid of myself in my backpack at all...
Alumna Emily Barnum now managing Benzing and Penny’s
Walk into Benzing on any given night and you just might find House Director Emily Barnum talking and laughing with a few of her residents, or you might find her washing her hands after dumpster diving to find a student’s wallet. Both are likely circumstances. Barnum is also manager of the new coffee shop, Penny’s. Barnum graduated last May...
City Limits Farm flowers grow popular among city businesses and residents
At the edge of Hillsdale County’s city limits, Sarah Maier’s backyard is a luscious, green lawn divided into sections for her farm animals and flower garden, faintly smelling of the manure nourishing her plants. Her garden is filled with many different species of flowers. Needing money to purchase a car, Maier was 14 years old when she got her first...
