A committee of Hillsdale Community Health Center board members, hospital administrators, and community members voted to change their name to Hillsdale Hospital in November 2015. A new sign and logo displaying the new name were implemented Jan. 1. The name change, however simple, was not in haste. “We were required by charters to seek a...
Year: 2016
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Winter shorts-wearers answer the question: “Aren’t you cold?”
Between November and February, students dashing from class to class bundled up from head-to-toe will throw shocked and mystified stares at sophomore Daniel Visnovsky, who strides through campus in a sweatshirt, a hat, a scarf, and shockingly, shorts. Men who wear shorts in the cold represent a localized northern U.S. campus phenomenon that garners strange...
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Men’s basketball gets back on track
For the first 20 minutes last Thursday night against the Michigan Tech Huskies, the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team looked sluggish. The Chargers needed a win to stay in the GLIAC tournament picture, but they trailed the Huskies 37-24 at halftime in front of a home crowd that had witnessed two straight comeback efforts fall...
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Softball swings into season
After finishing third place in the GLIAC tournament last year, the Hillsdale College softball team will look to build on its success this season. The Chargers will open their season tomorrow against Fairmont State University in South Carolina. As the Chargers only lost three seniors at the end of last year, head coach Joe Abraham...
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Council adopts new social media policy
The Hillsdale City Council voted to pass a new social media policy for city employees at its Feb. 15 meeting, although both the council and the public expressed a general dislike for the policy’s wording. The policy permits the city government to fire any employee who speaks inappropriately on social media. Hillsdale City Attorney Tom...