Residence halls will hold new events focused on health and wellness, after the college adopted a new requirement. In the past, the number of required dorm events was only three per semester: one social, one academic, and one philanthropic. This year, the student affairs office has added a health and wellness requirement. The recent...
Anxiety, depression, and stress afflict more Americans than ever before, and Hillsdale students aren’t immune from that trend, according to members of the administration and staff. A study published in April by Psychiatric Services reported that 3.4 percent of Americans described themselves as suffering serious psychological distress, while that figure never surpassed 3 percent...
In light of recent devastations caused by Hurricane Irma, the Hillsdale College chapter of Alpha Tau Omega will hold a foam party Saturday evening at 10 p.m. Tickets are free, but the fraternity is asking for donations, which will go towards relief funds for those displaced by the disaster. The party will be at the...
Hillsdale College plans to open four new charter schools next fall through its Barney Charter School Initiative. “Every community in the country has a need for — and a deficit of — good education,” Director of the Barney Charter School Initiative Phillip Kilgore said. “If the objective of education itself in this country as a...
There won’t be any medical marijuana dispensaries in downtown Hillsdale, at least not anytime in the near future. The Hillsdale City Council decided in a 6-0 vote (with two council members absent) to draft a motion to opt out of Michigan state provisions that allow individual cities to permit medical marijuana dispensaries and growing...