After a clerkship with former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and being appointed the Chief Deputy Solicitor General for the state of Wisconsin, alumnus Ryan Walsh ’09 made the 2017 Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in the Law and Policy category. According to Forbes Magazine, its 2017 “30 Under 30” List selected only 600 individuals from a pool of approximately...
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Faded history in 20,000 coats of paint
Anyone driving up M-99 from Jonesville has likely seen the faded Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisement painted on the side of a dilapidated barn. The sign reads “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco. Treat yourself to the best.” Such barns sit on roadsides all over the East Coast, South, and upper Midwest. There are 84 in Michigan and four in Hillsdale County alone....
One for the bunny, two for the show
Few hobbies can count fending off coyotes among their perils. For seniors Danielle Ciarelli and Kim Deichmann, however, the possibility is not out of the question. The two biology majors both bred, raised, and showed rabbits at various fairs and competitions throughout grade school and high school, something they both said is far more complicated and rewarding than simply keeping...
Will Carleton: Poet of the people
After repeated requests from his readers, William Carleton, a 1869 graduate of Hillsdale College and internationally-recognized poet, editor, and lecturer, described the inspiration for his most well-known poem: “Over there to the west, in Hillsdale, there stood in the old days a county poorhouse,” he said. “Sometimes, I used to visit the inmates there and hear their troubles. And sometimes...
Funeral home gives students rent-free living
Michael Zabik’s room in an off-campus apartment is fairly plain. With deep purple carpeting and tan walls, the color scheme is hardly exciting. The Hillsdale College senior has hung two flags, Irish and Polish, as a nod to his heritage. A music stand with crumpled music faces a window, and a Bible sits on a small table. Nothing is unusual...
