An appointee from the administration of former President Ronald Reagan, Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, is coming to Hillsdale to speak on Thursday. O’Scannlain is a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, specifically presiding over the chambers in Portland, Oregon. O’Scannlain was appointed in 1986 and has written hundreds...
Year: 2017
Support hurricane relief at ATO party
In light of recent devastations caused by Hurricane Irma, the Hillsdale College chapter of Alpha Tau Omega will hold a foam party Saturday evening at 10 p.m. Tickets are free, but the fraternity is asking for donations, which will go towards relief funds for those displaced by the disaster. The party will be at the...
Health event now required for dorms
Residence halls will hold new events focused on health and wellness, after the college adopted a new requirement. In the past, the number of required dorm events was only three per semester: one social, one academic, and one philanthropic. This year, the student affairs office has added a health and wellness requirement. The recent...
College prepared to help struggling students
Anxiety, depression, and stress afflict more Americans than ever before, and Hillsdale students aren’t immune from that trend, according to members of the administration and staff. A study published in April by Psychiatric Services reported that 3.4 percent of Americans described themselves as suffering serious psychological distress, while that figure never surpassed 3 percent...
Barney Initiative opens four new schools
Hillsdale College plans to open four new charter schools next fall through its Barney Charter School Initiative. “Every community in the country has a need for — and a deficit of — good education,” Director of the Barney Charter School Initiative Phillip Kilgore said. “If the objective of education itself in this country as a...




