For the second straight week, the Hillsdale College football team showed off its new run-pass option offense. Once again, an opposing defense was unable to stop it. The Chargers eased past the Walsh Cavaliers on Saturday night 28-10 behind a balanced attack on the ground and through the air. Sophomore tailback Joe Reverman tallied 128...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the dream commencement speaker for Hillsdale’s politicos-to-be. This year, the book nerds deserve a turn. Hillsdale should invite author and translator Anthony Esolen to be our 2017 commencement speaker. Giving a good graduation speech is no easy task. In twenty-odd minutes, the speaker must establish personal credibility, demonstrate an...
This summer in Hillsdale, one little boy thought he saw Jedi. What other explanation could there be for barefooted men wearing brown robes and rope belts? The “Jedi” were actually Franciscan Friars Minor, visiting Hillsdale for the biennial mission trip run by St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. They nearly ended up moving to the city to...
An Indian Head Penny in exchange for a keg of beer — the prize students could get for solving a sheet of 12 brainteasers left on a college campus in 1981. Over 35 years ago, a student hid the coin on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, creating the MIT Mystery Hunt, one of the...
Students and residents from Hillsdale are making a last-ditch effort to stop the installation of the new, college-themed signs.