The Victorian double parlor on the ground floor of 112 Broad St. takes visitors back a century. The grand, winding staircase, the large wooden doorframes with classic egg-and-dart moldings, the flamboyant floral wallpaper, and the time-honored touch of a record player and an upright piano all give the room an aura of comfortable living and sophisticated age. The house was...
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A ‘seeker of lost stories’: Alumna Ruta Sepetys tells award-winning stories of survival
Ruta Sepetys has three bestselling novels under her belt, but the ’89 Hillsdale College alumna’s first book was banned — by the parents of her 3rd-grade classmates. “The Adventures of Betsy,” written in a notebook with a scratch-and-sniff pickle on the cover, drew popularity from 8-year-olds but wary glances from parents. Discouraged, Sepetys put her writing career on hold until...
Buzz about bands: high school Hornets join college Chargers for game-day performance
It wasn’t just the thunder of the Chargers coming from the stands during the Hillsdale College football team’s big win — there were Hornets buzzing as well. The Hillsdale High School Hornets marching band joined Hillsdale College Pep Band at Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium during the Chargers game against the Michigan Tech Huskies last Saturday to perform some favorite tunes....
New art director gives college prints a facelift
Hillsdale College hired a new art director to revamp its graphic design game: Shanna Cote, a self-taught digital art savant with ten kids. “Art has always been a part of my life,” said Cote, who first fell in love with it when she was in high school. She used to collect her favorite magazine ads and tack them to...
Painting Hillsdale County happy
On your next venture to Udder Side ice cream shop or Lake Baw Beese, keep your eyes peeled for colorful stones. These local hang-outs are hotspots for a global trend called kindness rocks — rocks painted with messages and artwork and hidden for lucky Hillsdale residents to find. The rocks are hidden as part of the Kindness Rocks Project, an...
New band leader puts a pep in students’ steps
Energy dipped during the third quarter of Saturday’s football game, but the Hillsdale College Pep Band’s new leader sophomore Matt Clark kept up momentum all the way into the stunning fourth-quarter victory, heralding the upset with a triumphant reprisal of “White and Blue.” Last weekend, Clark went through trial by fire: He coordinated a performance for an exhibition game Friday...
