The one thing senior Tori Wichman has kept from her years of growing up in foster care is a blanket from the nonprofit Children’s Lantern. It’s pink, with purple threading around the border. Wichman led a service project this October to help other kids in foster care get the same sort of comfort she got from that blanket. For the...
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New year, new dorm: Why on-campus residents switch housing
The first semester of college can be an experiment gone haywire for some students. For those who aren’t happy with their living situations, the release of housing forms initiates the perennial scramble to defect once again. Between the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters last year, 44 students switched to a different on-campus residence. Students may consider the option of...
Campus cafe honors A.J. Istvan, remembered for strength and kindness
They have kept his room the same. His clothes are still folded in his drawers and his bed is made, but they keep his door closed now. Inside his room, cards and letters line his bookshelves, and two candles glow in his windows. Those candles never go out, and they greet his parents, winking out from the windows of their...
Students press refresh at Notre Dame philosophy retreat
Over the din of energetic theological and philosophical discussions among conference attendees clutching cups of coffee, the woman on the loudspeaker announced that it was time for prominent virtue ethicist Alasdair MacIntyre to speak. More than 30 students, six alumni, and Kathryn Wales, former program coordinator for the Center for Ethics and Culture, attended the University of Notre Dame’s 18th...
Bible studies bring students together over squash bread and scripture
It smells like banana bread, but it isn’t. Each week, the aroma of freshly-baked “squash bread” reminds senior Monicah Wanjiru of Bible study. “This scent is associated with this Bible study because I have had it every week faithfully since freshman year,” Wanjiru said. Many Hillsdale students, like Wanjiru, have found community within various groups studying scripture on campus. For...
A ‘cheerleader at heart,’ Aumock teaches fitness for 33 years
Upbeat pop music, color-coded dumbbells, and a cheerful face greet students walking into a fitness class led by Lecturer in Sports Studies Alesia Aumock. “When I think of Alesia Aumock, I think of her contagious, cheerful disposition,” said Associate Dean of Women Rebekah Dell ’06, who participated in Aumock’s classes as a member of the staff. “She’s a cheerleader at...
