The first semester of college can be an experiment gone haywire for some students. For those who aren’t happy with their living situations, the release of housing forms initiates the perennial scramble to defect once again. Between the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters last year, 44 students switched to a different on-campus residence. Students...
Hammers are swinging and register bells are ringing as 42 Union St. undertakes new projects and renovations. Since 42 Union opened last spring, creativity and interest in the remaining, vacant rooms in the building have peaked with local businesses and entrepreneurs. “My vision for 42 Union was to be the bridge between the college and...
At 8 a.m. on a Monday, while many students are still sleeping, the members of Hillsdale’s G.K. Chesterton Society gather for their weekly meeting. Chesterton was a British author, poet, theologian, and journalist. “It’s ironic that we meet at eight in the morning,” said freshman Seth Winters, co-consul of the society. “Chesterton liked to...
Immigration advocate Alex Nowrasteh came to Hillsdale to discuss immigration in a talk titled “Why the best argument against immigration is still wrong,” on Nov. 16. Nowrasteh is a leading immigration expert at the Cato Institute and has traditionally been in favor of immigration, seeing it as a net benefit for the country. Nowrasteh...
Hillsdale College administrators have called the new in-house Phonathon method a success. Nov. 15 marked the conclusion of the first college phonathon run without the assistance of an outside fundraising company. Director of the contact center, John Papciak, said the recent phonathon significantly outraised previous phonathons. “We are around $80,000 better off than we...