Before Obergefell v. Hodges, Georgia had a ban on same-sex marriage. After Obergefell v. Hodges, this ban was wiped out and the University of Georgia extended healthcare benefits to same-sex couples. Similar situations also played out at public universities in Kansas and Texas. In a 5-4 ruling handed down on June 26, the Supreme Court...
Year: 2015
Women’s tennis continues strong start to season
After breaking their two-match win streak with a 7-2 loss to Tiffin on Saturday, the Hillsdale women’s tennis team rallied and won 7-2 against Findlay on Sunday. Saturday’s loss to the Dragons gave the Chargers their first defeat of the season. “They are definitely the toughest team we’ve played yet,” said head coach Nikki Walbright,...
Don’t just ‘refresh’ and forget
We millennials exist in a world formed by social media. We are vocal about causes, using social media as a tool to spread our ideas with greater speed and broader range than ever before. But we lack commitment. We post about an issue once. As soon as we press ‘refresh,’ our post moves down the...
Women’s basketball welcomes new assistant coaches
The two new assistant women’s basketball coaches bring positivity and a fresh start to the team, according to students. One founded an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team while the other worked in the WNBA, creating a dynamic atmosphere with plenty of new ideas. In response, Matthew Hilkens and Lisa Ballenger both say the quality of...
Reflections on the revolution
Bon Appétit is a relative newcomer to Hillsdale’s campus, and a welcome one at that. Bon Appétit introduced higher-quality food. It was locally-sourced, fresher, generally easier to identify, and assembled with greater care. But we lovers of tradition tended, at first, to look fondly on what once was: Saga, Inc. gave us more food, and...


