The Hillsdale math club eats pizza and solves math problems. Jillian Parks | Collegian “Has this always been here?” Sophomore Andrew Schmidt asked the group of us gathered outside Associate Professor of Mathematics David Gaebler’s office at 6 a.m. on April 12. He was referring to a geometric piece of art, about 2.5 feet in diameter, hanging from the ceiling....
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Gluten freedom: meeting kneads
Rachel Mumme makes many different kinds of sourdough bread. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons When Rachel Mumme, wife of Hillsdale Associate Professor of Theology Jonathan Mumme, discovered her daughter suffered from a yeast allergy, she became motivated to bake her own sourdough bread. Mumme didn’t want her daughter to feel left out from eating foods the rest of her family could...
Longhorns living in lake country: How students brought the southern spirit across the Mason-Dixon
Members of the Lone Star Society celebrate Texas’s independence. Courtesy | Josh Underwood Deep in the heart of southern Michigan, a group of Hillsdale College students are celebrating the unique culture of Texas, thousands of miles from home. The Lone Star Society, founded by junior Josh Underwood and his cousin, senior Madelyn Hornell, emerged from a casual Texas Independence Day...
Hillsdale junior couples say ‘Ring by Spring’ isn’t a thing yet many students decided to get engaged anyway
Juniors Olyvia Oeverman and Jacob Beckwith didn’t want to wait until senior year to be engaged. Courtesy | Olyvia Oeverman Instagram posts, word-of-mouth, and diamonds on left hands: The news travels quickly when Hillsdale students get engaged. The “ring by spring” phenomenon doesn’t apply only to seniors, though. At least a dozen junior couples are engaged, with some planning to...
‘Striving to do the hard thing,’ Waters competes in MMA fight
As students traveled back to campus the weekend after spring break, sophomore Luke Waters sat in the back of the Motor City Casino in Detroit, Michigan, wrapping his hands and preparing for the first fight of his Mixed Martial Arts career. “I was praying and I was begging for victory,” Waters said. “But there was a kind of peace that...
Faith, fun, and fearlessness at local Christian rodeo
At the beginning of the rodeo, the 36 bull riders stood together. Catherine Maxwell | Collegian BANG! The metal gate slams open. A black bull bucks in a violent seesaw. A 19-year-old cowboy crashes into the arena dirt, 1,500 pounds of angry hooves above his head. The bull fighters lunge forward to chase off the animal as TobyMac’s “Til the...
