It’s the after-class treat, the late-night studying reward, the heart-to-heart conversation snack: ice cream from A.J.’s Café. In fact, it is such a popular purchase that A.J.’s sells an average of 21 3-gallon tubs of ice cream throughout one week. “I had my salesman tell me a few years ago that I sell as much...
Family arrested for Black Friday thefts sentenced to 30 months
Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady exceeded court guidelines by imposing a 20-30 month sentence after a Hillsdale County family was arrested for multiple theft attempts in November 2016. Tamera Karpanai, 50, along with her two daughters and three grandchildren, were charged with first-degree retail fraud, organized retail fraud, and conspiracy to commit organized...
Why aren’t Eastern religions in Hillsdale’s Classrooms
Hillsdale students are familiar with Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, but have they ever heard of Ibn-Sina, Nagarjuna, or Keiji Nishitani? Maybe, but they can’t thank Hillsdale College’s core curriculum for that knowledge. The core’s exclusion of Eastern traditions and religions most recently came under scrutiny when a reporter from The New York Times visited campus...
American Individualists offer a place for debate
Independent thinkers and avid debaters now have a place to discuss their beliefs, thanks to the new American Individualists club. The club, founded in February, is a new chapter of the American Individualists, which President sophomore Quinn Reichard founded during high school in his home state of Virginia. At Hillsdale, Reichard saw a similar need...
Dawn Townley rejects settlement in city lawsuit
Dawn Townley rejected a settlement offered by the defendants in the Dawn Townley v. Hillsdale City Council, Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities, David Mackie, and Mike Barber case. It will go to trial Sept. 8. Townley, previously employed by the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities as finance controller, filed suit against the city of...




