In a battleground district where Republicans have won three of the last four elections, Democrat Gretchen Driskell is hoping her views on trade and the economy will draw voters to polls this November. Driskell, the former mayor of Saline and current Michigan assemblywoman, is running against incumbent Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., for Michigan’s 7th Congressional...
Year: 2016
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize in Literature is right and noble
Bob Dylan just won a Nobel Prize in literature. It’s exactly the kind of lifetime achievement award such an endlessly inventive and prolific artist as Dylan deserves. Of course, everyone is mad about it. In The New York Times, Anna North laments that the selection committee passed over “writers who have made significant innovations...
An office in the closet: students learn the logistics business
Inside a former storage closet in the Knorr Student Center, Mary Margaret Peter ’14 is working hard, having altered the space to accommodate her and three part-time interns. She is working for Automated Logistics Systems, or ALS. The supply-chain management company began its relationship with Hillsdale College last year, when its vice president of business...
Farmer’s Almanac predicts frigid winter, residents prepare
Hillsdale residents should prepare for a winter laden with more snow and sub-zero temperatures than usual, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac’s prediction. A colder winter could adversely affect Hillsdale’s farming industry by increasing farmers’ risk of losing crops. “When you plant in the spring, sometimes it’s really good, and other times the ground is...
Beyond the stars: Dolch explores space with largest radio telescope
For Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Dolch, the night sky holds much more than mere starlight. As a specialist in astronomy, Dolch said he has long been fascinated with space. “At night, I lie awake thinking of pulsars,” Dolch said. “I fell in love with astronomy as a high school freshman while building antennas in...




