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Fashion forward to freshman year: Former model pursues medicine at Hillsdale

Fashion forward to freshman year: Former model pursues medicine at Hillsdale

Hillsdale freshman Ritah Ogayo worked as a professional model in Kenya before coming to the U.S., when her passion for fashion took a back seat to Kenya’s dire need for good hospitals and skilled doctors. “I’ve always been a leader,” she said. “I saw modeling as an opportunity to make people know me better. Modeling really connects you with people,...

Paid to plan and play: Campus Rec staff offers college recess

Paid to plan and play: Campus Rec staff offers college recess

The atmosphere of the volleyball courts on the west side of the Fitness Center in Roche Sports Complex was competitive, but there were plenty of smiles both from the sidelines and on the court as “Josh Hoover’s Team” fought to break Chi Omega’s undefeated streak. Chi Omega lost the first of three games, but fought back during the second, getting...

From the tooth to the lab: Senior presents research on dental plaque

From the tooth to the lab: Senior presents research on dental plaque

An aspiring dental school student, senior biology major Bilyana Petkova spent a majority of this past spring and summer researching the formation of dental plaque at a microscopic level for her honors thesis. Her success in research led her to participate in the West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference held Nov. 5 at the Van Andel Institute in Grand...

A voice for the voiceless

A voice for the voiceless

On the first floor of the Lamoreaux Justice Center in Orange, California, crowds of attorneys rushed to and fro with strained looks on their faces. One man, however, was only watching two women: both of whom could change his life forever. One, the mother of his newborn child, was crying as she waited outside the courtroom to obtain a permanent...

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