A six-block city display of residential buildings, fairs, natural landscapes, and iconic mini-figures stands awaiting the visitors of Mackinac Island—all made out of Legos, and coming all the way from Hillsdale. Active members of the Hillsdale College community, Joe and Lynn Forrester, finished Northern Michigan’s largest Lego display in 18 months. Parts of the Lego city are built exactly from...
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Squirrel hair makes Mack’s brushes a best seller
Pinstriping, one of the few automotive trends that has carried over from the 1800s, is an Andrew Mack Brush Company specialty. The brush company, located in Jonesville, Michigan, crafts custom brushes for pinstriping cars, motorcycles, and signwork. Developed in the 19th century, pinstriping began as artistry on buggies and evolved into more complex designs on cars and motorcycles during the...
Stand Up
Walking up the stage steps in downtown Hillsdale’s Dawn Theater, senior Michael Bunting was prepared to deliver his comedy routine. His involvement in theater made up for his inexperience in stand-up comedy. Initially, Bunting felt out of his element and was surprised that the crowd was so quiet. He delivered his prepared eight-minute routine on stereotypes about his Toyota Prius....
A toast to Butters
Sitting in his office on Kendall’s fourth floor, economics professor Roger Butters grins as he shows a colleague the latest McGraw-Hill advertisement for the economics textbook he co-authored. Nearby, a large photograph on the wall reads “Government: If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.” Butters began programming computers at age 11...
Sunny Wilkinson, and all that jazz
Jazz vocalists and piano accompaniment echo through the Howard Music Building as artist in residence Sunny Wilkinson instructs students in the master class. Wilkinson, who started her relationship with Hillsdale College three years ago, gives voice lessons for vocalists involved in jazz combos, and also instructs monthly master classes. The master class provides a setting for musical formation in which...
Cole’s Blocks: 300 and counting
Junior Cole Service-Benzing stumbled upon a business idea last summer that is proving to be extremely successful. Benzing’s grandfather started a business about three years ago creating wooden templates for electric guitars, sending them off to companies like Gibson and Fender. Benzing helped his grandfather with the marketing aspect of the business. “I noticed that there was a lot of...
