On the morning of April 6, the United States launched 59 cruise missiles at the the Assad-regime controlled Shayrat Airbase, in a direct response to a chemical weapons attack the regime committed against rebel forces. Approximately nine Syrian soldiers died in the strike. This attack — which Congress did not approve — brought a troubling...
Truck erupts in flames at Finish Line
The Hillsdale Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire at the Finish Line Family Restaurant on April 8 at 6:34 a.m. after a 2008 Ford F-150 burst into flames. Firefighter Corey Burke said his team arrived on the scene three minutes after receiving the initial call and found the truck and a nearby tree engulfed...
Growing, graduating with Hillsdale is beautiful
College is beautiful because the community it creates can exist under no other circumstances. When students come together at Hillsdale, the campus initiates them into a wonderfully new environment — each class brings a sort of communal rebirth that is allowed ever so rarely in our lifetimes. Each year, Hillsdale grants us the opportunity and...
Council approves project to re-paint Hillsdale Library
The Hillsdale City Council passed a motion to repaint the Hillsdale Community Library at an April 3 meeting. “A while back they had some vandalism and graffiti on the building, and they had to cover that up,” Finance Director Bonnie Tew said at the meeting. “They began to look at the building and realized...
Lack of funding prevents lake water testing
With warmer temperatures moving in, students gravitate towards Baw Beese Lake, located 3.8 miles from campus, in search of a safe haven from campus. The one problem: no one knows if the water is safe, since the water has not been tested at the state level within the past decade. Jeffrey Surfus, an environmental...




