Hillsdale students have a love affair with the Framers and the Constitution. This unique romance is a beautiful thing. In a day when James Madison is seldom quoted and the average person cannot tell you all of his First Amendment rights, a place such as Hillsdale is like a lone-standing tree amongst prairie grasses. While...
Year: 2013
Charger Chatter: Arielle Baker
Senior Arielle Baker is the women’s intramural director at Hillsdale College and also sings the National Anthem for sports games. What do you do with intramural sports? I am the women’s intramural director. I started doing that second semester of sophomore year. (Senior) Brett Dailey is the men’s director. We are co-student directors. This year...
Secrets to success revealed: Top student athletes dish study habits and advice
Ever wonder how Dean’s List student-athletes balance hours of practice time with strenuous daily studies? It is a lot of hard work, according to junior accounting major Bailey Lindner and senior biology major Steven Embry. The volleyball and football players were named to the Capital One All-Academic Team two weeks ago, qualifying them for the...
Behind-the-scenes machine runs Charger facilities
All the Hillsdale teams require extensive behind-the-scenes work to run smoothly, but the most involved and least-known may be the Chargers’ intricate laundry and cleaning systems. The responsibility of cleaning the sports complexes at the college to provide a healthy environment for all Chargers to work out in falls on the shoulders of two different...
Shakespeare on Robben Island
Robben Island is a small, rocky outcrop nearly six miles away from the South African Coast. The winter winds howl so bitterly that the northwestern coast is nearly uninhabitable. Yet the southeastern portions of the island have been sporadically inhabited since the 1600s, most frequently as a prison. The island’s remoteness and abundance of stone...