Combine derby sets tone for Hillsdale fair

By Nick Dentamaro | Jackson Citizen Patriot. Randy Goodman of Grant, left, Jos Beaudrie of South Robin, center, and Ed Rosenbeck of Hillsdale crash combines Sunday during the Hillsdale County Fair Combine Derby.

This weekend, Tyler Sawyer spent at lot of time and sweat preparing a vehicle for the combine demolition derby at the Hillsdale County Fair.

Sunday night, he walked away with a consolation prize and the head torn off his new combine — courtesy of the derby champion, Sawyer’s former partner.

Sawyer worked in Sam Reynolds’ pit crew before this competition, his first experience as a driver. The two friends from Jonesville harbored no hard feelings, Sawyer said.

[Read the whole story here at the Jackson Citizen Patriot.]

Large freshman class squeezes dorm space

Junior Kari Snyder found out too late that eight of her fellow Paul House residents planned to leave the residence for Greek and off-campus houses this year.

But last-minute shuffling in the deans’ offices shifted matters in Snyder’s favor: She received off-campus permission in June.

“I threw it out there, and I got what I wanted,” she said. “I was just really surprised because no junior girls get off-campus, that I’ve heard of.”

Philipp said this year’s freshman class turned out larger than the deans anticipated, so during the summer they moved numerous students to different dorms and granted more students off-campus permission than usual.

[Read the whole story here at the Hillsdale Collegian.]