For senior Emilie Moneyhon, last year’s Intervarsity mission trip was a spiritual reset. “We spend so much time in college doing things for ourselves,” Moneyhon said. “It’s so crazy to be in this environment where everything you’re doing is for the sake of other people. It was an environment that was filled with so much love and so much...
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From the saddle to the dark room
Professor shares her life on a family farm and captures the joys of rural living in her art When Roxanne Kaufman was just six, in 1991, a new foal was born on her family farm in Edon, Ohio. “She fell in love with that foal,” said Barbara Fogel, who calls her daughter Rox. “She said, ‘I want that colt,...
Students ring in spring with Punxsutawney Phil
For some, Groundhog Day is an overlooked holiday. For five students from Simpson Residence, it’s a holiday worth traveling more than five hours to celebrate. The idea started between a group of friends while watching football and casually discussing plans for the weekend. Sophomore Jonathan Williams, a resident assistant in Simpson, said the idea to travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for...
Bible study floods inboxes
Many Hillsdale students have found themselves receiving emails, advertising a weekly Bible study. For most, it’s a mystery how they ended up on the email list. Freshman Paul Bwamiki, an international student from Uganda, started the Bible study at the end of last semester. Bwamiki first began attending Bible studies as a middle schooler. “When I was in grade seven,...
Go to Hell: visit Michigan’s oddest town
After being pronounced dead in the Vietnam War, veteran John Colone escaped death, but sent himself to Hell — the one in Michigan, that is. “I was shot four times, toe tag on, and put in a body bag and sent back to the morgue. They said I was dead and put me on the pile of bodies there,” Colone...
QUICK HITS: Stephanie Gravel
Associate Dean of Women Stephanie Gravel discusses her family, hobbies, and what she loves about her job. If you could have any other job, what would it be? How about I keep my job, and we pick up Hillsdale College and move it to a warm state? I love the four seasons, but I would like to live in a...
