For the 13th consecutive year, Don Tocco will return to campus Wednesday, April 13 to deliver a talk at 7 p.m. in the Searle Center. Student groups can sign up to receive an attendance-based monetary donation to their clubs, honoraries, sports teams, or Greek houses from Tocco. In his talk titled “Learning to Fly: Creating...
Local author writes historical fiction focusing on Christian faith
William Koshelnyk, former Director of Public Affairs at Hillsdale College, released “My Brother’s Keeper,” a self-published e-book about James, the brother of Jesus, under the pen name Bill Kassel on March 1. The novel, a work of historical fiction, peers into the private life of the holy family and imagines a world where Jesus’ older...
Community breaks ground for new 911 dispatch building
Members of Hillsdale Emergency Management and Hillsdale County 911 Dispatch celebrated the first day of construction on a new dispatch building at a groundbreaking ceremony in the Industrial Park on Tuesday. Located in the Industrial Park, the site of the new dispatch center will have better access to radio and cell towers as well as...
Albion’s April Fools’ Day prank attracts national media attention
Albion College’s student newspaper, The Pleiad, apologized Sunday after running a fake story saying Hillsdale College would close for administrative and financial reasons. The story ran on April 1. The article, which ran in the April Fools’ Day edition of the paper known as The Plebian, said Albion College would absorb the majority of...
Donald Trump is not the right candidate for pro-lifers
Donald Trump has done what seemed impossible: He made the pro-life and pro-choice movements agree on something. This week, his comment that there “has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions has earned him the condemnation of both the pro-life and pro-choice movements. His statements on abortion may not make him...