Jodel is a German social media app based off of anonymity. Courtesy | Jodel The little-known German social media app Jodel, pronounced like the Swiss style of singing, is a feature of Hillsdale student life, and has been for some time. Jodel is a local, entirely anonymous social media app. The site’s rules, which its administrators strictly enforce, ban the...
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Hymn Singing Club spreads gospel on campus, community
The Hillsdale College Hymn Singing Club performs the hymn “Amazing Grace” for fighterfighters on 9/11 Courtesy | Instagram Hundred-year-old songs echoed throughout the football stadium earlier this semester as a group of students chose to honor 9/11 and Hillsdale firefighters by singing hymns. “It was a really inspiring and solemn occasion,” said Conal Kerwin, a freshman who attended the tribute....
QUICK HITS with Blake McAllister
Blake McAllister at the age of 3. Courtesy | Blake McAllister In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister talks Disney movies, assumptions people make about him, and his dogs. What makes you smile daily? My 3-year-old asks me to act out the scene from “Beauty and the Beast” with her where Gaston asks Belle to marry him....
The saga of gluten-free students
Hillsdale Dining Services offers a gluten-free section in the dining hall. Courtesy | Grace Novak Getting daily pizza in the dining hall may seem like a basic right, but for Hillsdale’s gluten-free students, it’s a well-kept secret. Sophomore Caesar Gombojav said the gluten-free options should be advertised more among the student body, so students can be aware of all of...
Oura Ring captivates campus with new health tracking technology
An Oura Ring provides sleep, stress, and exercise data to users. Courtesy | Trusted Reviews The Oura Ring is the latest technological advancement in fitness and health tracking, which allows wearers insights into stress, sleep, and activity, and Hillsdale students are no strangers to the new health and wellness device. Senior Maggie Carriker, a wearer of the Oura Ring, said...
QUICK HITS with Paul Hosmer
Paul Hosmer did pit crew for dirt races in graduate school. Courtesy | Paul Hosmer In this Quick Hits, Chairman and Associate Professor of Physics Paul Hosmer talks gardening, Star Wars, and running track. If you could have any super power, what would it be? First choice, United States. Second choice, the former Soviet Union. Third choice, the second British...
