Last weekend, a few friends and I drove more than an hour from campus to visit the small town of Shipshewana, Indiana. The draw? Shipshewana is the third largest Amish community in North America, and invites visitors to shop, eat, and learn about its way of life. While the delicious pies and home-cooked comfort food were a nice break from...
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QUICK HITS with Wilfred McClay
In this Quick Hits, Professor of History Wilfred McClay talks arts, jazz, and peanut butter. What is your favorite class you have taught? I’ve only been here for two years and have basically only taught the heritage courses — so I’d say American Heritage. What is your favorite work of art? It would be a tie between the various works...
Professors brew up some fair competition
When Laboratory Director Douglas Dobrozsi studied skin fungus, he didn’t expect to use it in a beer competition at the Hillsdale County Fair. “I became interested after actually doing a long technical project at work, studying the action of antifungal drugs in which I was culturing a yeast-like fungus that is on everyone’s skin called Malassezia,” Dobrozsi said. “I...
Hardly a space to kneel in prayer
When no floor space remains, students kneel on couches to pray. Every Thursday evening, students gather at the Grotto, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church’s student outreach house, for Convivium. After enjoying a home-cooked meal, they join in an opening prayer before the week’s speaker takes the stage. Students pack onto couches or vie for floor space, spilling into the...
Who is Nathan Stanish?
Hillsdale junior Nathan Stanish is a social media celebrity. But not on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or YouTube. Stanish has 20,000 followers on Quora, where he has 87 million content views and holds the top most-viewed writer spot in multiple topics, ranging from Marvel to tennis. “I don’t exactly remember how I found out he was Quora famous — before meeting...
How to produce a winning homecoming video
When it came to the Greek Olympics Homecoming, Hillsdale students gave it their all in the arena and established Athens on campus in their Olympic trailer videos. “I almost lit my hair on fire, and it singed the hairs on my arm,” sophomore and New Dorm Resident Assistant Sophie Schlegel said, describing the filming process behind New Dorm’s homecoming video....
