Provost David Whalen announced Thursday that Hillsdale students averaged a 3.34 GPA last semester, the highest all-campus GPA since at least spring 2007, during the fall convocation ceremony at College Baptist Church. According to spring 2016’s GPA data, the all-student average of a 3.34 is a slight increase from last year’s 3.32 GPA. The women...
Voting no on Prop 8 is a vote for transparency
While Americans will have to make a big decision at the polls Tuesday, Hillsdale College students may have an even bigger one to make Nov. 14-17, which involves the transparency of student fee dollars. Student Federation’s fall semester elections include eight amendment proposals (see newspaper insert) to its constitution that each require a two-thirds majority...
Talk money to me: why you should use local banks
If you choose to open a checking account with PNC National Bank just because it’s a big bank with a reputation, then you’re making a mistake. Bankrate’s 2016 high-yield checking survey determined that the bank with the highest annual percentage yield (APY) on a rewards checking account with a balance up to $10,000 was Ouachita...
Wait before you snap it
Despite successfully overturning Michigan’s longstanding “ballot selfie” ban Oct. 24, a federal appeals court rejected Hillsdale alumni Joel Crookston and Stephen Klein’s victory Friday, making it again illegal to take a picture of one’s ballot. “By filing their motion to stay off the ruling in our case, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Attorney General...
Get sketchy with A.R.T. this week
Students and aspiring artists can hone their creative talents at Sketchy Sundays, an event hosted by Hillsdale’s art honorary Alpha Rho Tau — the next of which is Nov. 6. The bi-monthly event, which runs until Dec. 11, provides a model for students to engage in figure-drawing and allows them cultivate their portrait abilities...




