Recent controversy over Nike’s new campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick has reopened old wounds — stirring reactions even in the small town of Hillsdale. “It’s a little disheartening now that we have political agendas associated with clothing,” said Junior Bryce Sealock, a kicker on the Hillsdale College football team. “I’m still going to wear Nike, mainly because it costs a lot...
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Osmond recounts studying opera with world’s finest
Not many people know someone who has gone out for coffee with one of the world’s most famous singers. Even fewer know someone who was a renowned singer themselves, still less who personally trained one of Europe’s most highly regarded sopranos. Melissa “Missy” Osmond, Hillsdale’s professor of voice, has done all those things. Not only that, she’s been a...
Galloway men bring ‘Feast’ and new dorm culture to Whitley
Due to extensive renovations on Galloway residence this year, Galloway guys are setting up new digs at Whitley residence, which served as a women’s residence last year. According to senior Caroline Andrews, Whitley resident assistant from 2016 to 2017, Whitley was a “pretty quiet place” when she lived there. “There was a great secret community within its walls where girls...
Alexander Technique teaches students tension-reducing performance skills
Looking amused, sophomore Julia Salloum sings a few bars of opera, then steps up from the wooden dance floor to a balance board. Wobbling to stay upright, she sings the same notes. She steps down, and sings again — stronger and clearer than the first time. Sitting in chairs in front of her, Salloum’s classmates laugh with her, but they’re...
Pulp Michigan: ‘Pizza! Pizza!’
Michael Lucchese ’18 often declared that “there is no good pizza east of Chicago.” He was, of course, speaking in praise of the deep-dish ball of dough and tomato chunks invented by Uno Pizza in 1943 — a midwestern icon which has clogged the Second City’s windpipes (and sewage pipes) ever since. Lucchese and his ilk don’t account for the...
Unsung Heroes: for Pi Phi and Sig Chi, Hecklinger is ‘more than just a cook’
The sounds of laughter and utensils clinking against dishes floated back to her kitchen as Pi Beta Phi cook Eveline Hecklinger wiped her hands on her apron. As lunch ended, the Pi Phi ladies meandered into the kitchen, looking for a quick snack or for conversation with their favorite cook. “I like cooking, and these are all my cheerleaders. Every...
