Two students won first-place awards from College Broadcasters, Inc., for their work at Radio Free Hillsdale Sept. 2. With her show State Facts, junior Jane O’Connor won first in the Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment category, and Ben Dietderich ’20 won first place for his multi-part documentary Where All Trails End. This is the first time...
Author: Elizabeth Bachmann (Elizabeth Bachmann)
Cows, Catholics, and classical education
When Ethan Visser heard the noon bell ring from the top of a two-story bunk house he was building, he put down his hammer and nails, took off his hat, and bowed his head to pray the Angelus. Looking out over the pastures and garden dotted with boys working, he saw a wave of heads...
Hunt Club reopens after 8-day closure
The Hunt Club shut down Oct. 22 to Oct. 30, when its manager Terri White and her fiancé Dan Stevens tested positive for COVID-19. Stevens said he felt feverish on the night of Sunday, Oct. 18, after a busy parents’ weekend at Hillsdale College, and came down with a dry cough on Monday, Oct. 19....
Hillsdale police seek to hire new full-time officer, broaden crime prevention
The Hillsdale Police Department may hire a new full-time officer in coming months, pending budget approval from the city council, according to Chief of Police Scott Hephner. If the council fulfills the request, the department will total —- staff members. With the extra hands, Hephner said the force will be able to focus on actually...
Hillsdale winter trip to Israel canceled
For the first time in four years, Hillsdale will not be partnering with Passages Israel to take students to the Holy Land this Christmas, due to COVID-19. Passages Israel, sponsored by the Philos Project and the Bible Foundation, subsidizes trips to Israel for college students. It began a partnership with Hillsdale in 2016 as it...