The city income tax proposal didn’t pass. In fact, it got beat bad—712 votes for and 1,720 against. Unfortunately, the city still needs $39 million it doesn’t have to repair its roads. The city income tax would have established a mechanism through which the city could stockpile a road rebuilding fund. But with the proposal’s...
Author: Caleb Whitmer (Caleb Whitmer)
Mirth Finishes 18th at Spartan invite
The Hillsdale College men’s and women’s cross-country teams opened the season this past weekend in East Lansing, Mich., where they competed in the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational. Over 300 runners competed in both the men’s and women’s races at the Sept. 14 meet, including athletes from several Big 10 schools and GLIAC rivals Grand Valley...
Mirth to nationals
Sophomore Joshua Mirth placed fourth at last weekend’s NCAA Midwest Regional meet. The first GLIAC runner to finish the men’s 10,000 meter race, Mirth will be Hillsdale College’s sole representative at the national meet on Nov. 17. Grand Valley State University won both the men’s 10,000 meter race and the women’s 5,000 meter race with...
College to host Constitution Day shoot
Hillsdale College will host the third-annual Constitution Day Shoot at the college’s Shooting Sports Center on Sept. 22. Originally limited to 150 people, 225 students, faculty, and friends of the college are expected to attend Saturday’s shoot. Other events besides shooting include a lecture from Dean of the Graduate School Ronald Pestritto, a free lunch,...
Cross Country preps for Lansing
Hillsdale’s cross-country season officially begins tomorrow, Sept. 14, in East Lansing, Mich. But last week the coaches ran their athletes against each other in an intrasquad time trial. On Sept. 7, Hayden Park played host to the Blue-White meet, the second intramural competition in three weeks for both men’s and women’s cross country teams. Both...