When Visiting Professor of Chemistry Mardi Billman first came to Hillsdale College, she said it was the atmosphere of the liberal arts that appealed to her the most. “It’s education for the sake of knowing things,” Billman said. “Not to say that the goal isn’t to find something to do after college, but there is...
Year: 2017
Women’s tennis to use fall matches to prep for new spring season
Although Hillsdale College moved from the GLIAC to the G-MAC in July, women’s tennis is starting the year matched against its former opponents. Facing the largest adjustment of Hillsdale’s 14 varsity programs, women’s tennis will compete in conference play in the spring instead of the fall, due to Great Midwest Athletic Conference’s schedule. The team,...
Taylor Swift might have changed her voice, but she’s here to stay
You may be through with Taylor Swift, but she isn’t through with you. Or so say the charts. When Swift dropped “Look What You Made Me Do” on Aug. 24, fans played the aggressive new single over eight million times on Spotify, a streaming splurge surpassing any other song’s success on the day of its...
Students start Science Olympiad club
Every March, hundreds of middle school students across the country wait in suspense to see how much weight a tower they designed and built can hold. The event is a part of Science Olympiad, a competition for middle-school and high-school students involving a variety of science-related tasks. “Weeks of work for moments of panic,” senior...
Professors weigh in on statue debate
Hillsdale College professors from various academic fields voiced their opinion on the removal of Confederate soldiers statues across America in the aftermath of the violent protest in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12. “I think it’s lamentable that they’re removing those statues,” Michael Jordan, professor of English, said. “Every hero has got some kind of flaw...




