While the debate team did not take Western Kentucky University by storm as they did last year, the team saw improvement from the first tournament of the year. The team expects this first Lincoln-Douglas style debate to prepare it for upcoming tournaments this semester. “The team did fairly well,” senior Bryan Brooks said.“It was a...
Year: 2012
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Men start tennis club
Advertising to experienced and novice players alike, a men’s club tennis team is forming on campus. Their charter was recently approved and the club plans to hold their first meeting in the next few weeks. “There’s lots of interest on campus, [junior] J.P. [Gurnee] has a list of around 10 guys, and I have been...
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Off the record
The city of Hillsdale is in crisis. The roads are bad. To rebuild them, the city needs $39 million, which it wouldn’t be able to stockpile until 2088. An income tax proposal will be on the November ballot. Vote yes if you want decent roads in Hillsdale before your great-grandchildren are born. For 20 years,...
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Students attend YAF conference in Columbus
This past weekend, over 30 Hillsdale College students attended the Young America’s Foundation conference in Columbus, Ohio. As of this semester, Young Americans for Freedom is an official club at Hillsdale College and has only been growing. According to chairman Nathan Brand, YAF is emerging as “the new hot group on campus.” His reasoning: last...
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Assassins: betrayal, murder, and spoons
Seventy targets dead. Only three assassins remain: sophomores Mitchell Irmer, Casey McKee, and Matthew O’Sullivan. However, these three formed what they call a “guild,” a pact not to kill each other. “We decided we wanted to do something kind of funky and stick it to the gamemaster [sophomore] Andy [Reuss],” O’Sullivan said. The three tied...