When a Catalan TV reporter interviewed history professor Dave Stewart in front of the Fossar de les Moreres memorial in Barcelona, she didn’t expect the American to give a full account of the events leading up to the War of Spanish Succession in 1714 — in Catalan. The first time was an accident, Stewart said, but the reporter included Stewart’s dive...
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Hillsdale’s secret scenic trail
If you have ever run or walked on the path behind Simpson Dorm that connects to Oak Grove Cemetery, you have traveled part of the longest National Scenic Trail in the United States. The North Country Trail winds through America’s Northern Heartland for 4,600 miles and, for a small portion, it cuts Hillsdale County into near-perfect halves. “The North Country...
Artistic passion runs in the Lundberg family
When “Wild Bill” Lundberg chats about his three kids and their talents, it’s easy to guess they inherited athleticism from their dad, the face of Charger athletics. Steven, Kate, and Tommy Lundberg grew up a sporty bunch, but they also inherited a lesser-known talent from their father, Hayden Park Fitness Director Bill Lundberg: his gift for art. Now, Kate and...
Sweet like honey, crisp like fall
Nan Jasinowski, one of the owners of Sweet Seasons Orchard in Concord, Michigan, watches the fresh donuts fry and then roll out on a conveyer belt. She wipes her hands on her yellow apron. The smell of freshly baked apple donuts meets customers at the front door of the orchard store. Meanwhile, her husband Ed Jasinowski mans the cash register....
Farmers and finance: Student interns in rural Nepal
Where junior Tavia Vitkauskas worked over the summer, local kids would call her “the white one.” For some, she was the first white person they had ever seen. Vitkauskas interned in the South Asian country of Nepal for five weeks. She worked with a company called Adhunik Agricultural Cooperative Ltd., which assists small local farms. When Vitkauskas started her internship,...
Off campus jobs build relationships, bridge town-gown divide
On senior Susena Finnegan’s last day working at Jilly Beans café before traveling to Kansas for the summer, a regular customer came through the door. Often, she came with gifts. Once, it was a doll, another time, an espresso glass. “She brought me a watermelon,” Finegan said with a chuckle. “She said, ‘I knew you were leaving, so I thought...
