Climbing isn’t just a means of exercise. For many, it’s a passion. Although rock climbing in Michigan can be tough, the addition of a rock climbing wall in the Roche sports complex has given student climbers an easy way to continue doing what they love. The rock climbing wall, which opened this semester, is open seven days a week. It...
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Driving Mr. Sasse
Most job interviews last less than twenty minutes. Peter Staab’s took all day. In August of last year, Staab volunteered his car to drive an obscure Nebraska Republican around the state for a few town-hall meetings. The next week, Staab became the official driver and first staffer for the Ben Sasse Senate campaign. Now the transfer sophomore has switched gears...
How ’bout them apples
One bite of a Michigan Honeycrisp. That’s all Damon Glei thinks it will take. Every week, trucks drive 10 minutes from Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses to deliver more than 1,200 apples to Bon Appetit, Hillsdale College’s food service. Beginning with 50 trees and 40 acres, the Glei family has grown apples for nearly a century. “The cold nights, high elevation...
The unholy Church Road
A car moves slowly along a single-track dirt road, its wheels treading cautiously. They alone break the silence. Against cloudy skies and a night already fallen, its headlights challenge a darkness that crushes from all sides. To the left, through a thicket of trees, stands a dilapidated barn with no visible means of access. To the right, old, broken furniture...
Sassack Finds Marrow Donors
A nine-year-old boy in senior Evan Sassack’s neighborhood was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma four years ago. In a drive to help find a stem cell donor, over 200 people, including Sassack, gave DNA cheek swab samples to Be the Match, an organization that connects volunteer blood and marrow donors with patients in need. Although Sassack was not a match for...
Poole Plays Real Smooth
If music is the food of the soul, Benny Poole knows how to make it go down smooth. Poole, a local legend with a star-studded history, spent his life infusing his hometown with soul, supporting young musicians, and creating music of his own. The saxophonist from Jackson, Michigan performs frequently at Johnny T’s Bistro in downtown Hillsdale. The 85-year-old musician...
