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Hillsdale College – Traditions Skip to content Hillsdale College - Home MENU Search Search Academics Undergraduate Programs Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship Classical Liberal Arts Core Majors & Minors Featured CoursesWonkResources Library and Archives Online Courses Lifelong Learning Opportunities High School Summer Study and Travel Programs Beyond Classrooms Student Outcomes Philosophy, the University, and Hillsdale CollegeWonkServices Campus Life Residential Life Spiritual Life Greek Life Student Support Clubs & Intramurals Honorary Societies Volunteer Opportunities Events Calendar Traditions Campus Bookstore Around Campus Campus Safety What College is Meant to Be The Character of Our Civic Conversation Admissions & Aid Undergraduate Admissions Graduate Admissions Veteran Admissions Financial Aid Visiting Campus Admissions Events Incoming Students Credit Transfer Request Info Admissions FAQ Visit Campus Apply Now Athletics Hillsdale Charger Athletics Ticket Information Athletic Camps Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Athletics Staff Directory NCAA Compliance Hillsdale College Shooting Sports Support Hillsdale Athletics Strength Rejoices in the Challenge 2016 Charger Hall of Fame: Andrew Kincannon Alumni Hillsdale College Alumni Alumni Events Connections and Resources Alumni Association Publications Get Involved Contact Alumni Relations Alumni Spotlight: Nick & Kjerstin Kauffman, '08 Alumni Events Centers & Educational Outreach Allan P. 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Thatcherball A winter sport invented by and played only by us, it has a simple goal: run the football through the snow from one side of the Quad to the other and score by dropping the football in the lap of Margaret Thatcher’s statue. (Yes, Lady Thatcher knew well-nigh it, and approved.) Statue Golf Grab a nine iron, and hit the links on our Liberty Walk. Tee up a Wiffle ball, and golf from statue to statue, connecting with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan. Garden Party Held at the “Arb” (shorthand for our Slayton Arboretum), it’s the first big gathering without freshman orientation. A unconfined time to unwind and get to know everybody. Shakespeare in the Arb It’s both the name of a student-led drama troupe and the location where they’ve been performing plays by the Bard every spring for increasingly than a decade. Senior Sidewalk When you’re a Hillsdale senior, you earn the right to finish your time on campus by painting a undecorous and white message—funny, touching, profound—on our network of sidewalks. Centralhallapalooza This is a biggie. At the end of the year, Hillsdale throws a huge observing festival, and everyone’s invited. There are big music acts and surprises (like a live elephant) to requite the wonk year a proper and wondrous send-off. Epic Week The air has turned crisp, the birds are flying south—why, it must be time for the yearly outdoor reading-aloud of unconfined epic poetry.Throneto the small stage near the quad where two honor societies, Eta Sigma Phi (classics) and Lambda Iota Tau (literary studies), stir the hearts of passersby with Homer, Virgil, and Dante. Naval Battle It’s our Lake Winona plus a squadron of wafer-thin boats plus a gleefully misguided sense of what constitutes historical re-enactment. 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