Month: October 2012

The Hillsdale Debate team travelled to Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. on Oct. 6 and 7, where they competed in the Lafayette Ocho, winning the Overall Sweeps, as well as several individual awards. “The team did really well, showing a marked improvement from our last performance at Western Kentucky University,” Junior Bryan Brooks said. The...

On Oct. 11 at 8:24 a.m., 11 Hillsdale College students boarded a train in Jackson, Mich., bound for Chicago, Ill. The students arrived two hours later, ready to begin career services’ “working and living in Chicago” program. Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley created the three-day program in order to create opportunities for students to...

The first meeting of the new running club will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, at 3:15 p.m. The club is another addition to what Professor of Sports Studies Bill Lundberg hopes will be an increase in activity at Hayden Park. “It’s a great site. It’s a beautiful and natural plot of land that we...

The Tigers-Yankees matchup has been the worst of all worlds for fans of baseball. I love the Tigers because I’m from Michigan, but objectively there’s so much to dislike about these teams. For starters, you have the Yankees. Enough said. Then there’s Detroit, a popular pick to make the World Series in the wake of...

On Oct. 7, the Michigan Press Association officially announced the winners of its College Better Newspaper Contest for the 2011-2012 school year. The Collegian received 26 awards in Division II, which rates weekly student papers statewide against each other. Competing against such schools as Cornerstone University and Ferris State University, The Collegian submitted pieces in...