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An everyman’s guide to Student Federation

Student Federation is the organization that recognizes new clubs and funds various campus activities. For those not immediately involved in the federation, starting a club or being a treasurer in a pre-existing club can be a bit confusing. Here is the student’s guide to working with Student Fed. Elections: How to run for Student Fed How do I campaign effectively?...

Former professor enjoys music of birds and the math of music

Before his first years of formal education, Jack Reinoehl counted the pages of department store catalogs, displaying his natural curiosity for math and numbers. Around the same time, he was given a book on birds and developed a fascination with them. In fourth grade, he began playing trombone. An Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Hillsdale College, Reinoehl...

Senior coaches Academy’s Women’s JV basketball team

Senior coaches Academy’s Women’s JV basketball team

Senior Betsy Thistleton has always been more of a volleyball aficionado. But it’s hard to grow up with eight brothers without picking up some basketball too. So when Mike Roberts, the athletic director at Hillsdale Academy, offered her a job coaching the junior varsity girls’ basketball team last fall, she didn’t hesitate to accept. “It was really fun to be...

Campus Chic: Isabelle Parell

Campus Chic: Isabelle Parell

What are your style staples? Scarves and comfortable shoes. Sometimes I’ll wear heels, but I have to wear thick socks. My style is really based on comfort. Who is your fashion icon? Taylor Swift: because if she wants to change her style, she does, and she does it nicely. If you suddenly decide to change your style, that doesn’t work...

The Tutors : Students’ rock in the midst of writer’s block

The Tutors : Students’ rock in the midst of writer’s block

Katie Kortepeter, English and French What essay-writing blunder do you find yourself fixing most often in your own papers, and how do you tackle that blunder? It’s hard for me to start the writing process if I don’t have my thoughts sorted out yet. Even if I’m not sure that my ideas are coherent, I sometimes need to force myself...

Market House continues family legacy of giving back to community

Market House owner Brett Boyd said he loves giving back to the community by providing produce, dairy and baked goods to local fundraisers and charities. Giving back is a family legacy, he said, ever since the local grocery company was founded 75 years ago. “My great grandfather started the company and giving back to the community was huge for him,...

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