The Village of Jonesville has acquired abandoned railroad lines from the Michigan Department of Transportation in hopes of creating a scenic rail trail for its citizens. Tim McLean, Jonesville’s Assistant to the Village Manager said that the intent of the rail trail is to, “increase walkability in the community.” The process of planning a rail...
Year: 2013
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Suites get keys as backup
After technical problems with the Suites’ ID scanners which led to students entering through windows instead of doors, Hillsdale College purchased a mass order of keys for the exterior doors of the residence. “Keys were ordered as a back-up because there were some problems,” said Director of Campus Security Bill Whorley. “But we are back in working...
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The story of a Baptist in the wild
“I forgot how much I hate people with opinions.” My friend and I were quietly leaving a book reading last Tuesday night and those were his parting words. From what I could tell, the author in question had spent the previous night at the Donnybrook, that Canaan of Catholicism, and he had supped richly on...
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National Review editor to lecture Wednseday
The Hillsdale College Dow Journalism Program is hosting National Review Editor Rich Lowry, who will be talking about his new book, “Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitious Young Railsplitter Saved the American Dream–and How We Can Do It Again” at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 in Dow A&B. Lowry graduated from the University of Virginia in 1990, where...
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Detroit and modern conservatism
Postwar conservatives were united by anti-communism, but their anti-communism was directed more at the New Deal than the Communist Party. That’s the case Colleen Doody makes in “Detroit’s Cold War.” Doody uses post-World War II Detroit as a case study to examine the development of 20th century American conservatism. Doody, an associate professor at DePaul...