When Lea Hunt and Kyle Hunt opened Gather, a restaurant in Detroit’s Eastern Market bringing together people and local ingredients, in May 2017, they fulfilled a dream that first started growing nearly a decade before. “I had always wanted to open a coffee shop or something of my own,” Lea Hunt Hunt ’13 said. High-school sweethearts, the two celebrate their...
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Classics students present research at honorary national convention
The Eta Sigma Phi Honorary Society for Classical Studies selects four students each year to present classical studies research projects at its annual national convention. This year, two of those are from Hillsdale. Senior Katie Hillery and John James ’17 will present their research to fellow Eta Sigma Phi members, faculty advisers, and graduate school professors at the 90th Eta...
Campus’s most popular game — ‘Fortnite’
Hillsdale dorms and fraternities alike are raving over “Fortnite”. While “Fortnite” first went on sale this past July for $40, it wasn’t a big hit at first. To attract more interest, the game’s marketers decided to create a free version alongside the paid game. Since the release of the free version in late 2017, Epic Games Inc., the creator of...
From programming computers to pursuing PhDs in the humanities
Even among the humanities, some professors have a background in computer programming. Outside of the computer programmers in the science division, two professors now teach English or religion at Hillsdale. Before Associate Professor of English Dutton Kearney decided on a career as an English professor, he taught himself computer programming while working for an insurance company. His specific project involved using...
Hillsdale alumna elected to West Virginia Supreme Court
When Beth Walker ’87 road-tripped with fellow Hillsdale students to Washington, D.C., one spring break, she had a blast touring the city and getting an insider tour of the U.S. Supreme Court — but she didn’t realize the trip was a “preview” of her future, as she calls it now. Designed by the same architect, the U.S. Supreme Court courtroom...
Despite the spills, coffee cups add a splash of style
Mugs are a lot like babies. They make messes at inopportune moments, they can be attractive only to the owner, they start to smell if you don’t wash them, and you have to handle them with care. Even though a water bottle might be significantly easier to tote around, some brave Hillsdale students defy the odds and define their style...
