About 100 Hillsdale County residents will gather at the Elks Lodge on Saturday to reap the benefits of a month-long local effort to benefit the community. At a luncheon, the Hillsdale Elks Lodge will grant $1,000 to the Hillsdale Salvation Army and distribute canned goods collected from a month-long food drive. Enough for 5,500 pounds...
Year: 2017
Add John Adams to the Hillsdale Liberty Walk
John Adams deserves a statue on the Hillsdale Liberty Walk. The Walk already includes George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to commemorate the American founding. While both of these men are meritorious figures, the absence of Adams, who was critical to the success of these men and our country, leaves the Liberty Walk incomplete. John Adams...
‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’
When World War I broke out, there was no federal intelligence community, no CIA, FBI, or NSA. There was Elizebeth Smith Friedman. The 1915 Hillsdale alumna remains one of history’s all-time best code breakers, influential in the development of America’s intelligence-gathering bodies. Her expertise brought officials from the FBI, U.S. Navy, and Treasury Department knocking...
Campus sexual assault guidelines disregard morality
Rules and punishments will not eradicate the college campus sexual assault pandemic. This crisis will end only when students’ education convinces them to lead moral lives. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos showed she does not understand this reality when she addressed the issue last Friday at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, imploring universities to heighten the...
Volleyball goes 2-0 on southern trip
While traveling to the southern reaches of the G-MAC, Hillsdale College volleyball swept two matches last weekend. The Chargers improved their overall record to 10-3, and their conference record now sits at 3-2. The southern campaign began with a 3-0 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro. Hillsdale’s defense limited Kentucky Wesleyan’s hitting percentage to...




