Ben Durrington grows plants. In his room. Durrington, a sophomore from Aledo, Texas, is a biology major. He began to study botany in middle school after observing his grandparents’ gardening. He said he decided to read about the plants they were working with and it took off from there. “I got into mainly tropical plants, like orchids and palm trees...
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From Saarbrücken to Hillsdale: German exchange students experience Hillsdale
Anika Bettinger and Johannes Krieger had an adventurous journey to Hillsdale when they realized the lack of public transportation in America. After landing in Chicago, the two German exchange students caught a train to Jackson, Mich. In route, they inquired about transportation to Hillsdale and realized it doesn’t exist. They eventually found a man who offered to drive them. Once...
Pavelski goes from Wisconsin to Times Square
The Hillsdale Alumnus manages social media for the New York Post. Sometimes he communicates with his roommate in sound effects. He’s been backstage with Lady Gaga and forgets to mention it. But’s that’s just Joel Pavelski ’11—Hillsdale’s “yes” man. “My attitude is to say yes to everything,” Pavelski said. “I was not your typical Hillsdale kid: bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, a...
Student brings ‘Judgement’ to the world in new book
Lincoln Reed is a sophomore at Hillsdale College. He’s the catcher for the baseball team. He’s trying to settle on a major — speech or history. Oh yeah, and his 270-page, 75,000 word book came out on Amazon in June. When he was in third grade, Reed began writing short stories. He wrote often and would bring his stories into...
Ikawa’s adventures
This professor of accounting has played in the World Series of Poker, been mugged in France, trekked through the rainforest in Peruf, been barred from a casino for card-counting, and won more than $80k on the show Jeapordy! Ikawa has been at Hillsdale for 15 years—a quarter of his life. Every year, Hillsdale’s accounting club holds parties where they watch...
Student brings ‘Judgement’ to the world in new book book
Lincoln Reed is a sophomore at Hillsdale College. He’s the catcher for the baseball team. He’s trying to settle on a major — speech or history. Oh yeah, and his 270-page, 75,000 word book came out on Amazon in June. When he was in third grade, Reed began writing short stories. He wrote often and would bring his stories into...
