Watching a Jay Leno segment was the final straw for state Sen. Patrick Colbeck. “They were asking people questions about our founding — nobody knew,” Colbeck (R-Canton) explained. “Only one in 1,000 Americans can name one of the five freedoms in the First Amendment. People are not aware of their rights or when their rights...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022City News
City to use $375k grant to improve State Street
Road improvements will soon get rid of “Lake Lovinger,” a pothole that has plagued residents on Wolcott Street for years. A $375,000 Small Urban Program grant given to Hillsdale by the Michigan Department of Transportation will fund improvements from State Street to Wolcott Street and Hillsdale’s western city limits. The Hillsdale City Council approved a...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale confronts adult illiteracy
“Reading provides hope,” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wrote in the Detroit Free Press on March 5. In a state where one in three adults lack the basic skills to keep a job, Schuette’s remarks were targeted not only to middle schoolers but also their parents. “The ability to read also increases the ability to...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
‘The performance art of painting’
It’s a race against the clock. The paper must be wet as the artist quickly mixes his paints. It’s matter of working with the medium instead of against it. Lines can bleed. Colors can stray. For many students in Professor of Art Samuel Knecht’s Advanced Watercolor class, taught every other spring, this is both the...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Ted Cruz: Unelectable radical
When Ted Cruz announced his presidential bid last week, the media pounced on the opportunity to attack his ultra-conservative policies, Canadian heritage, and political antics. They used the opportunity to revisit a number of stories, drawing into question his qualifications and stances on issues. Attacks from liberal media outlets are hardly the beginning of Cruz’s...