Omicron Delta Kappa, Hillsdale’s leadership honorary, provided student input to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation at a public forum Tuesday evening in an effort to help revitalize the city of Hillsdale’s downtown life and repurpose the courthouse annex. ODK shared the results of their survey of Hillsdale College students, which include requests for more restaurants,...
Month: October 2015
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Searle Center to open this weekend
The Searle Center is finally finished, and its first event, the sophomore brunch, went off without a hitch this past weekend. “I didn’t go [to the brunch]… but some of the comments I got were that it definitely improves morale,” Chief Administration Officer Rich Péwé said. The ribbon-cutting and grand opening for the Searle Center...
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Michael Ward to speak tonight
Hillsdale College has Michael Ward in orbit. Like a comet, the 2015 commencement speaker returns to Hillsdale from Oxford and will speak at 7 p.m. tonight in Phillips Auditorium. The interdisciplinary talk, sponsored by the history department, is titled, “Great Balls of Fire: C.S. Lewis, Narnia, and Medieval Cosmology.” The Anglican minister is the author...
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Men’s tennis “make a name” for themselves in first tournament
After a decade long hiatus, the Hillsdale College men’s tennis team made a strong statement in their fall revival. The return came on Sept. 19 when the Chargers took part in a three-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional, a tournament which focuses on individual bracket style tournaments rather than team scores. The field was divided into...
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Pastels made in the great outdoors: ‘Sparkle with Repose’ exhibit hits Hillsdale Oct. 9
There are few artists left of William Truman Hosner’s kind. Professional painters today have nearly abandoned open-air painting for the convenience of a camera. After snapping pictures of an outdoor scene, they head indoors and create portraits from the photographs. But internationally renowned pastelist Hosner hasn’t used a camera in nearly two decades. Hillsdale College’s...