One night in the spring of 2016, senior Kirsi Eby casually introduced a few hip-hop dance steps to a few friends in the basement of Simpson Residence. They were hooked, and the three started practicing regularly and spreading the word. Now a senior, Eby leads Hillsdale’s hip-hop dance club, a weekly practice dedicated to the...
When senior Ema Karakoleva moved to Hillsdale from Bulgaria, orientation didn’t just involve navigating classrooms and meeting the deans. It meant getting used to American food, small talk, and even a different style of door knob. “Everything is different,” Karakoleva said. “Freshman year was very stressful.” This year, Karakoleva and sophomore Ritah Ogayo —...
At one of the largest scientific conferences of the year, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Courtney Meyet presented research carried out by her Advanced Organic Synthesis class and spoke about the unique format of the class at the 254th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Her presentations were two of nearly 9,400 presentations...
Graduation from Hillsdale College often takes students to different parts of the country and the world, but for Hank Prim ’17, commencement didn’t take him away from Hillsdale full time. Seven days after graduation, Prim started his new positions as the assistant director of the Student Activities Office and director of residence life, jobs which...
While many defend Confederate statues as part of our history, monuments are fundamentally a matter of both a community’s history and identity. We as Americans must determine what parts of our history we claim, identify with, and idealize. A monument is a symbol of our aspirations as a society. The Confederacy is undoubtably a part...