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Vitale proposed with a notebook full of notes. Courtesy | Grace Cool
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Save the dates: Hillsdale’s Graces and Franks getting hitched

“It’s always been Frank and Grace and Frank and Grace, so Frankie is Frankie and Francis is Francis.” Seniors Grace Cool and Frankie Vitale are getting married this June. Coincidentally, their close friends, seniors Grace Mauck and Francis Lucchetti, will be getting married this January. Grace and Frankie: “I would never, ever date you again,...

Gary Wolfram holds the shoes of record-breaking runner Henry Rono. Collegian | Aubrey Gulick
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Friends that run together stay together: Gary Wolfram reflects on friendship with record-breaking Kenyan runner

When Dr. Gary Wolfram, professor of economics, saw Henry Rono’s picture in the 1978 Runner’s World Magazine, he decided to move across the country to train for a year with the Kenyan runner.  Forty years later, a visitor to Wolfram’s office can still see Rono’s running shoes hanging from a hook on the side of...

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Dear Dale

Dear Dale, Participation is 10% of my grade for three of my classes, but I haven’t spoken once in lecture. I feel like I don’t have anything to say and I’m scared to make a fool out of myself. If I keep this up, my grade is going to drop a whole letter. Any advice?...

Blake Faulkner loves Lord of the Rings. Courtesy | Blake Faulkner
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Quick Hits: Blake Faulkner

Blake Faulkner is the new debate coach at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is your favorite book? For pleasure reading, Lord of the Rings. I read all the books. For intellectual challenge, my favorite book is probably Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, because I like to challenge my beliefs...