For a dense city of political activity, Washington, D.C., is a small world for Hillsdale students. During the humid summer months, the nation’s capital teems with interns, who crowd together in townhouses for once-in-a-lifetime experiences that could launch their careers. Hillsdale students proved no exception this summer. Seventeen students filled the Hillsdale House to...
While the newly-minted class of 2021 gathered for the first time in their dorms on the day of convocation, a smaller group of students gathered in Slayton Arboretum: commuter students. Although most students live on campus, 17 students commute in from the surrounding area, according to the dean’s office. Not living in the dorm, the...
The first shot hit senior Tara Ung in the stomach. The next one came from the Nerf pistol placed in her hand, while Austin Coe, the freshman assailant, braced himself for retaliation. Plastic lightsabers materialized from another corner of the room, and suddenly the students in the Koon Residence lobby found themselves attacked by a...
Once again, Hillsdale College students labored away on Labor Day as the school continued its longstanding tradition of neglecting the holiday. Throughout its history, the school has waffled about closing on Labor Day. After staying open on the holiday for years, the college decided to cancel classes and close administration offices in 2000. In 2002,...