Writer Coming to college often means leaving things behind.
People leave their families, friends and pets for some far-off place of learning. For Melinda Dille, a freshman from Tacoma, Wash., it meant leaving something else as well. Dille started raising guide dogs through her 4-H dog club after training her own dogs for dog shows. Although she cannot raise the dogs here as a Hillsdale student, she plans to continue after graduation. Guide dogs start off their life with breeders and when they are eight months old move to the homes of volunteer trainers.