Hillsdale College’s class of 2021 is the smartest on record, according to preliminary data from the admissions office. The freshmen set new highs for average ACT scores and high-school GPAs, surpassing the class of 2020’s averages. The 199 women and 195 men make up the most selective class in the college’s history, benefitting from the...
While splitting her summer break between three corners of the world, senior Emily Barnum experienced new ways of life in Dallas, TX, Southeast Asia, and Greece. The language barrier in Southeast Asia was one of the biggest culture shocks she experienced. “People would yell, ‘Hello Mister, Hello!’ whenever they would see me because they know...
Coldwater landscaping company Munchers on Hooves has got one union’s goat. The company, which uses goats to clear lots overgrown with invasive plants, drew criticism from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local union earlier this July when it contracted business with Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Munchers has been stealing jobs...
The Hillsdale Collegian has moved its national ranking up from ninth place to seventh place, according to the 2018 Princeton Review rankings. “The Collegian’s high ranking is a tribute to the hard work and skill of our students, who pour themselves into the paper week after week,” said John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism...
Outside of Española, New Mexico, stands a statue of Don Juan de Oñate. For his direct descendants, and many Spanish-American New Mexicans who trace their ancestry back to colonization, he is symbolic of the spirit of exploration and of Spanish culture in New Mexico. For the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico, however, Don Oñate has...