Every Tuesday night a ruckus echoes through the third floor of Lane Hall. It is not, however, caused by a football game or a presidential debate. Rather, it is the result of an honors seminar focused on a board game. Diplomacy is a World War I domination board game, along the lines of Risk or Axis and Allies. Unlike these...
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Singing students grace Drew’s Place
A small group of Hillsdale College students goes to Drew’s Place, a local retirement home, every Sunday afternoon to lead the residents in singing hymns. The group was originally started by the GOAL program and is currently run by junior Marie Landskroener. The group meets from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Although the group has been active for years,...
From desk to podium: former student returns to teach English
With his love for literature, radio, and sports, Andy Brown ’97 is a man of many passions. Analyzing both Homer and home basketball games is all in a day’s work for Brown, lecturer in English for Hillsdale College and sportscaster for WCSR. When the college needed additional teachers for Great Books classes in Spring 2013, Brown brought his passion for...
Surgeries and souls
Senior Zoe Norr spoke passionately about her summer internship with Charis Ministries in Haiti, where she worked for two months. She needed that passion to tackle the challenges of medical and mission work in remote Haitian villages. The ministry was founded by her extended family members Malcolm and Joy Henderson. “It was really cool to be able to learn...
Parks, picnics, and open spaces
Whether for a fall picnic or a crisp walk, Hillsdale city parks offer a beautiful space to get away from fluorescent-lighted study rooms on campus. The Fields of Dreams is the hub for the sports enthusiast. It boasts several large, grass fields equipped with soccer goals and a baseball diamond. From pee-wee football to high school soccer games, the Fields...
The Tutors : Students’ rock in the midst of writer’s block
Minte Irmer Personal Blunder of Paper Writing: I talk a lot, so I almost always say too much. It’s tempting to keep adding cool details and extra information to a paper rather than staying concise. Usually I let it all out in the first few drafts, but I’m vicious with my red pen later and end up eliminating words, sentences,...
