Three months into his contract, Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie is bringing an attitude shift to Hillsdale’s city government. Mackie is already building a closer relationship between his office and Hillsdale College as well as making important updates to the city’s municipal airport. “You will see an attitude shift during my tenure: being progressive, but...
Month: October 2015
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College President Larry Arnn publishes new book
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn wears the memory of Winston Churchill on his sleeve — literally. As an undergraduate student, Arnn would not have predicted he’d write a dissertation on the twice elected prime minister of the United Kingdom, let alone an entire book on him — Arnn’s latest, “Churchill’s Trial: Winston Churchill and the...
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Baseball wraps up fall season
The unmistakable sounds of a baseball game came from Simpson field for the first time since spring this past weekend. The Chargers wrapped up their fall season on Saturday, which consisted of exhibitions against Siena and Albion. While the games lasted upwards of 15 innings, and no official statistics were kept, head coach Eric Theisen...
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Remembering Michael Bozic, college trustee
He was a Harley rider. He loved boats. President Larry Arnn valued him as a friend of the college. Michael Bozic was a 16-year Hillsdale College Trustee who died unexpectedly at the age of 74 while working near his boat in Maryland on Sept. 30. “He had the gifts of emphatic language that you would...
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ATO ‘Clips for Cancer’ breaks campus fundraising record
Clips for Cancer, a fundraising effort by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, shattered the record for funds raised by a student-run philanthropy event last week, raising more than $5,600 for Students Against Cancer. On Friday, Oct. 2 the event ended on the quad with 26 shaved ATOs and one shaved dean of men. “I was...