Very few color commentators can say that they ever called a game while hospitalized, or received surgery in the training room between games, but Jim Eckhardt can tell both of these stories with pride. Eckhardt began providing color commentary for Hillsdale football and basketball games before almost anyone in the student body was born. On...
A week after the Collegian reported that the Department of Education’s College Scorecard excludes all schools that refuse to accept federal funding, including Hillsdale College, the department still refuses to make any changes to the list. Though attracting national media attention because the Scorecard did not include schools that refuse to receive federal funds, none...
Despite a hard-fought comeback effort, the Hillsdale College football team fell to the Northern Michigan Wildcats 32-24 on Saturday evening for the first time since 2006. The Chargers fell behind 16-0 in the second quarter before scoring 24 points in a span of 6:37 between the end of the second quarter and the beginning of...
Less than 3 percent of Hillsdale students would vote for Donald Trump tomorrow, according to the College Republicans’ post-debate straw poll last week. But what support Trump does have at Hillsdale, among students and faculty alike, seems sparked by one position, immigration reform. Professor of Politics Thomas West, Assistant Professor of Politics John Grant, and...
While Gary Easterling was in Iraq as an Army National Guardsman, his wife, with whom he is now separated, fell through the bathroom floor during a shower after it collapsed underneath her. His friends from the police and fire stations rushed to his house as soon as they heard and repaired his floor, free of charge....