Hudson — When the amateur apiarists of the Lost Nations Beekeepers Association extracted honey from their hives in the Sugar Shack, they were too focused to lick their fingers. And although it was his first extraction, 14-year-old Derek McClory was no exception. September is extraction month, and Saturday was the last extraction day for members of the Hudson-based association before...
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Remember the ladies: Hidden Civil War stories of college women
When Hillsdale student Mary Barnum lost her husband during the Civil War, she dedicated herself to doing all she could for the Union. She became an army nurse and used her widow’s pension of $20 per month to purchase medical supplies for the United States Sanitary Commission. Barnum was not the only Hillsdale woman who showed such devotion to the...
Ride on the Bible Bus
Larry the Bible Bus, a Kelly green, vintage-looking school bus manned by Eli West, ’17, will be rolling into campus every Sunday beginning Oct. 15 to take students to Pine Ridge Bible Church. The bus, whose name pays homage to Larry the Cucumber from the hit children’s series “Veggie Tales,” is Pine Ridge’s latest investment in its college ministry. “Pine...
Hillsdale’s ‘buried treasure’: Student works with ancient coins
Every week, senior Katie Hillery ducks into Mossey Library to research and catalog some of the college’s lesser-known resources: the Alwin C. Carus Coin Collection, the Brauer coin collection, and the Gleeson coin collection. Altogether, the three collections consist of more than 2,000 coins, yet Hillery said few students are aware of their existence. As the student coordinator for the...
From Siberia to Hillsdale: Pianist and horsewoman Katherine Rick
A few months before Katherine Rick’s 15th birthday, she received a full scholarship to college. Her family was visiting Azusa Pacific University for her brother, who is three years older, when she and her mother wandered into the music building and met some faculty members. Rick performed a short concert on the piano. “I remember asking if she would play...
Freshman’s charity provides journals to victims of abuse
A journaler since age 6, freshman Taryn Murphy has long understood the cathartic power of putting pen to paper. For her, journaling has not only been a way to track her personal growth but to process emotions. So when she wanted to help victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse heal, providing them with journals made sense. Although her mother...
