This past weekend, freshman Savanna Wierenga and sophomore Arielle Mueller flew out to The Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., to represent Hillsdale College at the Young Americans for Freedom Conference. Young Americans for Freedom is a student group that advocates limited government, individual freedom, free enterprise, traditional values, and a strong national defense...
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February 21, 2013July 12, 2022Picture of the Week
Marine Corp vet trains students
Watch out, would-be kidnappers and thugs of Hillsdale. Junior Anna Shoffner knows “how to bust someone’s eardrum,” and she jogs with a pen so she can stab you if accosted. Shoffner is sophomore Marshall Gobba’s student in his “warrior training,” a self-defense class he is offering. Gobba, a 10-year Marine Corps veteran, worked in aviation...
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February 21, 2013July 12, 2022News
Off the record: lower the drinking age
After the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971, 29 states responded by dropping the drinking age to 18, 19, or 20. When reports of higher rates of teen traffic deaths began to emerge, spooked legislators passed the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act. The act allowed Congress to withhold 10 percent...
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February 21, 2013July 12, 2022News
ITS to do away with SafeConnect
Hillsdale College’s Information Technology Services said it will be able to do away with the SafeConnect software client by the end of the semester. The SafeConnect software is used to ensure the safety of the school’s network resources. Each computer is required to have a software client installed on it, which ensures that no viruses...
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February 21, 2013July 12, 2022News
Dorm Wi-Fi: cost estimated at more than $200,000
Student Federation sent out a survey last week asking students what they would do with $5,000 to improve campus. Fifty-six percent of students said they wanted Wi-Fi in the dorms. Unfortunately, according to David Zenz, executive director of ITS, the cost of that project could be more than $200,000. Zenz said it has been several...