Hillsdale College’s blood drives have underperformed in recent years, hardly bringing in enough donors to justify the American Red Cross’ visit. A new initiative from Delta Tau Delta and Chi Omega is looking to change that. The campaign is the brainchild of DTD Vice President senior James Young, who said he is hoping to harness...
Whether by accidental or deliberate oversight, Hillsdale College is failing its students and faculty by refusing to implement both an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). This oversight does not just keep research taking place in Dow, Strosacker, and Kendall from publication in scientific journals. By not taking...
Verbs are like cats. Everyone who has taken professor of education Daniel Coupland’s English Grammar course remembers the “verbs are like cats” lecture. In comparing the unpredictable — and, sometimes, counterintuitive — behavior of his two cats, Angel and Blackard, to that of verbs, he prepares the students for weeks of mental pain as they...
Next week students will have the opportunity to witness the fusion between art and science in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Physicists.” In the Quilhot Black Box Theatre at the Sage Center for Performing Arts, students will retell a tale of drama and suspense set in a Swiss sanitarium. Performances of “The Physicists” begin on April...
Students rave about the extensive salad bar and queue up excitedly for guacamole on “Taco Tuesdays.” A sprinkling of feta and blue cheese improves foam-textured spinach. Students endure long lines for falafel wraps. Food in the cafeteria lately has been diverse and delicious, but Bon Appetit seems to forget an obvious food for Hillsdale’s unique...