As I swim through a school of silvery tarpons, I see a manta ray nestled in the sand below me. Through the sparkling ocean haze, I soak in the breathtaking coral reef to my right and begin to circle it once again, my swim fins propelling me through the water. The vast abyss of the...
Year: 2013
Broadening the Collection
Every Monday the library staff and a variety of professors approach the library with bated breath and a special spring in their step, excited for the new shipment of books arriving to augment Hillsdale College’s Mossey Library’s growing collection. “Collecting for the library is really fun. We get a shipment every Monday, and every Monday...
Delta Sigma Phi looks to reclaim fraternity house
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity could move back into their house at 139 Hillsdale St. as soon as next fall semester, but what the men need to do to make that happen is still unclear. “These guys need to earn it back,” Dean of Men Aaron Petersen said. “There’s a real possibility they miss the...
Vanished Hillsdale
The land on which Broadlawn, home of Hillsdale College presidents, now sits used to be the home of the Beta Alpha Delta fraternity, an organization which no longer exists on campus. Beta Alpha Delta was a local fraternity organized in 1924 by a group of men formerly known as the American Commons Club, according to...
City replaces courthouse fountain
For the past few weeks, the water fountain outside of the Hillsdale court house has been shrouded by a brightly colored orange fence to protect its undergoing replacement. The decision to replace the fountain was made in response to leakage discovered in late May. “The fountain was losing about a thousand gallons of water per...


