Sitting in his office on Kendall’s fourth floor, economics professor Roger Butters grins as he shows a colleague the latest McGraw-Hill advertisement for the economics textbook he co-authored. Nearby, a large photograph on the wall reads “Government: If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.” Butters began...
Year: 2015
Outdoor track ready to run
With the addition of a promising freshman class, the track team is ready to sprint into the outdoor season and improve upon their success from last year. The men’s team placed fourth overall in the GLIAC last year and the women’s team finished eighth. “Last year was our best to date in my time here,...
Volleyball to host spring tourney
The Hillsdale College volleyball team will host their spring alumnae round robin tournament in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena on Saturday. Hillsdale has been hosting the alumnae tournament on and off for the past twenty years. This year, however, saw an increase in the amount of alumnae interested in playing. Enough former players committed to...
Residents skeptical of May road funding proposal
The complexity of the Michigan road funding ballot proposal deters many from wanting to vote for it, Hillsdale County residents said at a town hall Monday. Michigan state Sen. Mike Shirkey and Rep. Eric Leutheuser held the town hall at the Perennial Park Senior Center to inform local residents about the ballot proposal that will...
Tocco seeks to inspire, fund campus groups
At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Don Tocco will speak in Markel Auditorium on important prose poetry he has come across in his life in a presentation called “Prose, Poetry, and Psalms to Live By.” Like Tocco’s speech last year, Greek houses, sports teams, and campus groups will have the opportunity to earn money based on...