Simpson Residence hopes to reclaim its prized homecoming trophy this year, and the men have spent months preparing for it. “I started working on homecoming over the summer,” Simpson head resident assistant and senior Joe Vankat said. “If I see something cool on social media and think it might be cool in a Mock Rock, I’ll save it to a...
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T. rex and Triceratops: Alumnus creates dinosaur game
Joseph Ritzer with dinosaur miniatures. Courtesy | Isaac Ritzer A spontaneous purchase of the game Star Wars: Legion inspired an alumnus to create a scientifically-accurate dinosaur miniatures game, Dinoniche. In summer 2022, Joseph Ritzer ’24 spent several months in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, working alongside other students as a research assistant to David Houghton, professor of biology and director of the...
Catholic Society pilgrimages to Sheen beatification
The students who pilgrimaged to the beatification. Francesca Cella | The Collegian Fifty-one Hillsdale students loaded onto a bus for an eight-hour pilgrimage to St. Louis Sept. 23. The group trekked to the beatification of Blessed Fulton Sheen, who is on the path to becoming the first American-born bishop to become a Catholic saint. Sheen, a theologian who brought Catholicism...
Student baking business exists for more than sugar
Caption: Baker Robert Smith, Badalamenti, and volunteer Samara Williams. The Collegian | Matthew Tolbert For senior Abriana Badalamenti, a lifelong care for people with special needs has blossomed into a baking business. Special Creations, a business in Career Services’ Kehoe entrepreneurship fellowship, provides baked goods for Penny’s coffee shop in Kirn Residence. Badalamenti bakes in the Penny’s kitchen twice every...
From Broadway to Hillsdale: Meet the new lighting designer
For Christian DeAngelis, staying up past midnight — or all night — is part of his job. Hillsdale’s new lighting designer worked 94 hours a week and only slept for five hours a night when he worked on the Broadway show “Doctor Zhivago” in New York City while simultaneously teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University as an assistant lighting professor. He...
Campus Character: Hershey Hackberry
When she was 16, Hershey Athysivam worked at Peppa Pig World of Play. Courtesy | Hershey Hackberry Hershey Athysivam, who goes by Hershey Hackberry, is a senior from Dallas, Texas, studying politics with a minor in journalism. She has been an RA for the last three years, serving McIntyre, the WHIP campus, and the Townhomes. She is a Kehoe Family...
