At 10 a.m., the road stretched out dusty and hot. She sat in the heat of the African sun and watched him walk to school with the tuition his mother had managed to scrounge together. It wasn’t enough; it was all the money they had to spend on clothes and other necessities. The little boy’s khaki shorts were so worn...
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Alumni Jon and Lindsey Church in second year of mock trial coaching
Despite working full-time jobs as classical school teachers and living hours away from campus, Hillsdale mock trial coaches Jon and Lindsey Church drive to campus from Detroit about twice a week to lead the mock trial program. Both Jon and Lindsey attended Hillsdale, graduating in 2017. Both minored in classical education and served as GOAL leaders — Lindsey leading the...
Economics professor goes the distance in ultramarathons
Running a distance longer than 26.2 miles may seem impossible to the average person. For Charles Steele, however, it’s his idea of fun. Steele, an associate professor of economics and the Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler chair in economics, is an ultrarunner. He competes in ultra marathons, races longer than the 26.2 miles of a standard marathon.Steele has been...
Prayer warriors on a trek across America stop at Hillsdale
Two thousand miles into their nearly 6,000-mile prayer walk across America, Lyn and Darrol Hanush took a slight detour up Baw Beese trail on Tuesday, snapping a selfie in front of the eagle statue at the Hillsdale College campus entrance and adding an entry to their daily blog. “I get Imprimis and read it and love it,” Lyn Hanush, 76,...
Students teach English in Jordan
When sophomores Jolene Estruth and Emille Martelli began teaching English to Syrian refugee children this past summer at a school in Jordan, most of the children, ages 5-7, knew three words in English: hi, bathroom, and teacher. Throughout the next three weeks, both Estruth and Martelli connected with the students, sharing whatever English lessons they could and forming strong bonds...
History of the lost chapter of Alpha Xi Delta
Many Hillsdale students and faculty assume Alpha Xi Delta sorority has been gone for decades. It only went defunct 14 years ago, however, and its departure played a role in shaping today’s informal recruitment process to what it is today. AXD was created in 1982 and departed in 2004 following many years of extreme growth and campus involvement. It wasn’t...
