The average person uses 80 to 100 gallons of water per day. But Hillsdale resident Betsy Clark said she distributes 4 cases — just over 12 gallons — of water a day to residents of Flint, Michigan, who are suffering from lead-poisoned water. When a state of emergency was declared in Flint in January after...
Month: March 2016
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Including math in the core was a good idea
As of a few weeks ago, a Hillsdale student could graduate without ever walking through the first floor of DOW Science — i.e., the math department — if he achieved an ACT mathematics score of 27. Not any longer. In a faculty meeting Feb. 4, professors voted unanimously to abolish the ACT standard as acceptable...
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Shotgun heads to nationals over spring break
The Hillsdale College shotgun team is heading to San Antonio, Texas, from March 25 to April 3 for the 2016 Association of College Unions International Collegiate Clay Target Championships, where the team will compete to win their third consecutive D-III national championship, and fourth in five years. “We expect to do well,” assistant coach Adam...
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A conversation with Pulliam Fellows Mark and Mollie Hemingway
Mark and Mollie Hemingway are one of America’s premier journalistic power couples. Mark is a senior writer at The Weekly Standard, while Mollie is a senior editor at The Federalist, which she co-founded. The Hemingways live in Washington, D.C., and have two children. How did each of you first get involved in journalism? Mark: It...
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A virtual college visit: Google Maps makes campus visible online
Google has made once-deemed necessary things — like dictionaries and phone books — practically obsolete. Soon campus visits might be as well. Prospective students considering Hillsdale College no longer need to visit campus to see what the Grewcock Student Union, classroom buildings, or the gym look like. On the street-view option in Google Maps, not...