Only something incredible or awful could happen when 60 people cram into the living room of a half-finished house on Hillsdale St. at 8:30 p.m. on a Friday night. But here they are. At an off-campus house called the Boondocks — where blankets cover the windows, and floor lamps illuminate a band crowded in front...
Year: 2017
Freshman track athlete has early decathalon success
Before competing in the Saginaw Valley State University Open last December, freshman Ryan Thomsen had never done a heptathlon.
Non-science majors take over bio lounge
For more than a decade, Hillsdale College’s biology majors have enjoyed the ability to study and hang out in their own lounge in the Strosacker Science Center. With the expansion of the core curriculum in which non-hard science majors must take a full semester of biology, physics, and chemistry, however, the college has transformed the...
Hillsdale’s own drummer boy
Junior Dean Sinclair used to drum on pots and pans when he was a kid. While his parents noticed he was playing in time, they assumed that was just something kids did — until Sinclair’s younger brother started doing the same thing, without Dean’s sense of rhythm. “My parents were always listening to music around...
‘In God We Trust’ decals placed on Sheriff patrol cars
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office recently placed the national motto “In God We Trust” on its vehicles, raising questions from local citizens on whether local governments should incorporate religion in their operations. Sheriff Tim Parker said it was one of his priorities upon entering office to place the motto on HCSO vehicles, and that it...




