Hillsdale College students should graduate with more debt than most colleges because Hillsdale is a private institution and therefore more expensive, according to national statistics and dozens of federal reports. But Hillsdale defies the trend. The Student Debt Project by The Institude for College Access and Success released its ninth annual report Nov. 13, announcing...
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Husband of college employee dies
A Hillsdale County man and husband of a Hillsdale College employee was killed in a single-car crash yesterday morning on a road near Hillsdale. Brian Gillette, 67, of Osseo, Michigan, was the husband of Claudia Gillette, aide to the athletic director of Hillsdale College. Gillette was a retiree of Hillsdale Tool, and is survived by...
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Jillian Melchior back from Iraq
After being captured, raped, and beaten by ISIS, 19-year-old Amshed escaped to Kurdistan with her 2-year-old son, but her husband was likely killed in a blaze of ISIS gunfire. She recounted the horrors of her torture and escape to National Review correspondent Jillian Kay Melchior `09, but when she tried to speak about the loss...
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Chargers show promise at University of Michigan
The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team travelled to Ann Arbor to take on Division I powerhouse the University of Michigan on Saturday and hung with the Wolverines for much of the game before Michigan pulled away for a 92-68 win. “We saw a lot of good things in certain stretches and then we had bad...
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Football falls short in season finale
The Hillsdale College football team’s season came to an end on Saturday in disappointing fashion, as the Chargers fell to Wayne State in a tight ballgame on the road, 20-13. The Chargers entered the fourth quarter with a six-point lead and a chance to go up by two possessions, but Wayne State’s Anthony DeDamos returned an...