Sandy Beach, a piece of Baw Beese lake-front property 3.4 miles away from campus, is undergoing some major changes. Many of them have already been completed, said Rich Moore of the Hillsdale Rotary Club and chairman of the renovation project. “We’re excited to start the next phase of the project next week,” Moore said. The...
Year: 2012
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State Street construction delayed
Construction on State Street in Hillsdale, Mich., is taking longer than expected due to unanticipated obstacles. The anticipated completion date of the project — the day before Labor Day — has been pushed back to Oct. 1. Matthew Taylor, Hillsdale’s City Engineer, said the road project, in which new sidewalks, curbs, and driveways are being...
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Jaffa for Commencement
Finding the right person to push a few hundred Hillsdale College graduates out the door and into the real world is a daunting task. The things they’ve learned have equipped them to be the top picks in the job market, but high unemployment numbers persist among Hillsdale students. They need to hear from someone who...
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Elections have consequences: The Foreign Policy Problem
When President Barack Obama began his campaign in 2007, he offered a carrot as his approach to America’s foreign policy rather than a stick. Five years later, terrorists have murdered an ambassador and set fire to our embassies. Obama’s approach deserves much of the blame. “I think the world will have confidence that I am...
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The Hillsdale Difference: Do Hillsdale students suffer from a lack of ambition?
In the summer of 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “How Hillsdale Beats Harvard.” While the article focused predominantly on Hillsdale’s consistent refusal to accept government funds, the idea that Hillsdale could be better than an Ivy League school always struck me as inspiring and true in many ways. As any incoming freshman...