Each night before bed and each morning upon waking, sophomore Marilyn Schoenle looks out her west-facing Mauck Residence window upon the sun setting over a lake, despite having four white walls and a single south-facing window. For the first time in recent memory and with permission from the dean’s office, Schoenle painted a mural on...
Noted Christian Poet to Visit Hillsdale College
Poet and essayist James Matthew Wilson will be reading from his not-yet-released book of poetry at Hillsdale next week. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Gillespie Room in the Dow Center. The Villanova University humanities professor will be reading aloud from his new chapbook (a small, sewn pamphlet) entitled...
Roche renovation set for completion this fall
The first phase of the Roche Sports Complex renovation is set for completion this fall. Due to budget constraints, the project will be split into either two or three phases, depending on additional funding. Despite setbacks, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said that the first phase is moving along well. “Renovations never go like clockwork,”...
Freshman class 2nd smartest ever
The Class of 2017 is the second-highest class by academic ranking in Hillsdale College’s history, beat out only by the Class of 2015, according to the Hillsdale College Admissions Office. Of the 370 members of the freshman class, five percent were transfer students, 39 percent came from private schools and 12 percent were home-schooled. The...
Koon RAs tag dorm
Students walking to campus the morning of Freshman Convocation caught sight of what appeared to be brazen vandalism: the words “Koon Dawgs” painted in enormous letters on the side of the Koon Residence. The ringleader of the infamous gang of taggers was none other than Ben Holscher, the men’s senior speaker for freshman Convocation that...

