Freshman Caroline Hennekes might never have ended up at Hillsdale College if it weren’t for an injury that threw her career plans off track and forced her to overcome unexpected challenges. After a childhood of gymnastics and dancing and two years as a professional dancer with The Sarasota Ballet, Hennekes over-extended her hip, tearing the cartilage in her hip socket...
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Wright brothers, Hillsdale fair legend fails to take flight
Monster trucks, country concerts, and horse races: Over the 167 years of its history, the Hillsdale County Fair has seen all sorts of attractions. Old newspaper clips even report that Wilbur and Orville Wright, the brothers who became the first to fly an airplane in 1903, performed a demonstration at the Hillsdale County Fair more than a century ago, according...
June’s Place brings out the good in other people
When a woman realized that maternity tops cost just 25 cents at June’s Place thrift store, she started to cry. Moments like these stand out to Louise Rutledge, a “forever resident” of Reading, Michigan, who volunteers at the non-profit, community-driven thrift store. In four short years, June’s Place at 125 S. Main Street in Reading has raised $70,000 for the...
Q&A: Duncan Stroik
Duncan Stroik, the designer behind Christ Chapel, visited campus last Thursday. We sat down with the architect for a conversation on the chapel, on architecture, and on his inspiration. Stroik, a second-generation architect, translated his childhood of visiting historic and modern buildings into a career in architecture, which he studied at the University of Virginia and Yale. What do...
From berets to boots: Stoneman joins rhetoric department
Before he came to Hillsdale, Rhetoric and Public Address Professor Ethan Stoneman taught class wearing a beret, and his students called him “Sir.” Now, he opts for slacks and lets students lead class discussions. Stoneman joined Hillsdale this semester after leaving his post at the Virginia Military Institute, where he taught English, rhetoric, and humanistic studies. Stoneman completed his undergraduate...
How Hillsdale’s fair earned its tagline
Wherever popularity goes, parking problems follow. L. W. Meeks recounted in a local newspaper in 1950 his first visit to the Hillsdale County Fair in 1897. After a seven-mile wagon ride, almost all of the hitching space for the horses were full. Afterall, he was at “The Most Popular Fair on Earth.” Although the Hillsdale County Fair slogan is a...
