2015-2016 was a great year for the Collegian. We expanded, adding an extra page of Sports and an extra page of City News. We saw increased readership in the town of Hillsdale. We gained national attention when we broke the news story of being left off the Department of Education’s College Scorecard. We were named...
Year: 2016
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The poetics, tradition, and appeal of rap for Hillsdale
At first glance, it would seem unlikely that rap, a genre typically associated with racial and urban struggle, would find a significant following at a conservative college like Hillsdale. Nevertheless, students and faculty alike have professed a liking for the genre. “You find a lot of freshness in rap music that’s not present in...
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Brewing beer, friendship, and virtue
Beer — whether a hoppy straw-colored India Pale Ale or a barrel-aged, almost-black stout that tastes like a liquefied loaf of bread — is more than just a drink. For the plethora of professors and growing number of students on campus who brew, beer brings people together, encourages crazy experiments, and cultivates virtue as both brewers...
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Stock market tumbles, college cuts budget by 5.5%
Due to fluctuations in the stock market, Hillsdale College is looking to cut 5.5 percent from its operating costs. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Hillsdale College will cut its operating budget by 5.5 percent this upcoming year, due to a potential decrease in revenue resulting from the struggling stock market. Student tuition, gifts, and the endowment,...