Last week, White House press secretary, Jay Carney praised the benefits of the Affordable Care Act saying, “As a part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.” Carney has taken...
Year: 2014
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Hunt for new professors expands
Hiring a new Hillsdale professor requires a long, grueling search process of several months and a hiring committee with faculty from each division, chaired by the department head. This year, eight departments are searching for new faculty members. As the college expands both student enrollment and the core curriculum, new faculty members are needed to...
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Q&A Jay Nordlinger
Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor at National Review. He writes about a variety of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is a music critic for The New Criterion and City Arts. For National Review Online, he writes a column, “Impromptus.” He has won many awards, particularly for his work in human...
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Saga loses power
Saga Inc. staff, student employees, and some determined maintenance workers managed to coninue the normal meal schedule for 24 hours — without power. A main transformer that supplies energy to most of the appliances in the Knorr Dining Rom broke down at about 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, causing the cafeteria to lose about 90...
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Admissions adds ambassadors to replace outgoing seniors
For many college students, the first person they remember meeting on campus is their student ambassador. The student ambassadors provide a point of contact, a friendly face, and a person with whom to share concerns and ask questions. With 63 current student ambassadors, consisting of nine sophomores, 25 juniors, and 29 seniors, the admissions department...