After the Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the decision to place “In God We Trust” decals on the Hillsdale County Sheriff Office’s vehicles in a Feb. 28 meeting, a Hillsdale resident contacted the American Civil Liberties Union. The HCSO recently placed the controversial national motto on their vehicles, leading some citizens to voice...
Year: 2017
How to Become A.J.’s “Customer of the Week”
In a departure from its traditional “Employee of the Week” recognition, A.J.’s Café has begun featuring employees’ favorite customers as “Customer of the Week.” The café now rewards customers with a sign and a compliment above the ice cream station. The new addition encourages a more lively work atmosphere and better communication with customers, Student...
In praise of the unplanned morning
Perhaps you should have emerged from bed, recycling the weeklong drudge of get up, get dressed, get ready. Go up the hill, show up for classes, study. But you stayed cradled in your sheets because it was the weekend — I know you’ve done this at least once because we all have — so I...
Baseball strikes out in Kentucky, goes 0-3
Every season is a process, and every young team will have its growing pains. This weekend, the Hillsdale College baseball team experienced the harsh side of both of these realities. On Saturday, the Chargers met the Bellarmine Knights in Louisville, Kentucky, where they dropped both ends of a doubleheader, 6-5, 7-1. On Sunday, the Knights...
Stop Ariana Grande: Union deserves more than Top 40
Think back to this morning, when you walked from the classroom buildings to the Union. Fresh out of a lecture, you were probably entertaining milk-and-honey visions of ancient Athens or daydreams of Dante and Beatrice. Then you pushed open Grewcock’s double doors and the shock of popstar Ariana Grande singing “Side to Side” wrenched you...




