Each November, the Grewock Student Union fills with long, community tables covered in candy and pens. A welcoming blend of Christmas and pop music greets students picking through a collection of thank-you cards and taking a seat, hot chai tea steaming in hand. Thank-you messages fill the student-designed cards as students write to donors, professors, family, friends, and alumni about...
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From quartets to bluegrass: Local Gospel Barn celebrates 50 years
Approaching its 50th season this spring, the Gospel Barn continues to combine family, faith, and tradition. Located on Bankers Road in Hillsdale, the barn hosts a guest group weekly and a house band of its own. Artists range in genre from traditional gospel and quartets to family groups and bluegrass music. “The atmosphere just attracts people,” former Michigan State representative...
QUICK HITS: Daniel Coupland
In this quick hits interview, dean of masters in classical education and professor of education Daniel Coupland talks swords, teaching, and Kid Rock. What are some amusing teaching moments you’ve had in your career? As a Spanish high school teacher, I once recreated the running of the bulls in the halls of my high school. Do you have any advice...
DC campus celebrates WHIP’s 50th anniversary
Each semester, a small group of Hillsdale students makes a new home in Washington, D.C. This year marks 50 years of the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, a semester-long opportunity for Hillsdale undergraduates to live and work in the nation’s capital. During their time on WHIP, students work full-time while taking part-time classes in the evening. The program started in 1972 with...
‘An enduring tradition’: Swing by swing club
Every Friday evening, jazz music echoes through campus as students flood the Old Snack Bar or gather outside Christ Chapel for a night of music, camaraderie, and dancing with the Hillsdale Swing Club. Though the swing dance club has been at Hillsdale College since the 1940s, it came back to life over the past three years. When junior and club...
QUICK HITS: John J. Miller
In this quick hits interview, Director of the Dow Journalism Program John J. Miller talks Taco Bell chalupas, Clint Eastwood, and his favorite Collegian staff member. What would you order at Taco Bell? Chalupas. Who is your favorite author? H.P. Lovecraft. When I was a kid, he blew my mind. Reading him now is pure nostalgia. What piece of writing...
