The average iPhone user looks at his phone about 80 times per day, according to Apple. That’s nearly 30,000 times a year. In the Wall Street Journal, novelist Nicholas Court wondered whether these devices “hijack our minds.” This got me thinking: How often do I look at my phone? Why do I look so constantly?...
Men’s track takes second at G-MAC Championships
The Chargers took second place in their first ever G-MAC Indoor Championships. Staying neck and neck with the University of Findlay all weekend, the Charger men were in the lead when it came to the shot put on Saturday afternoon. “It came right down to the end,” head coach Andrew Towne said. “We were up...
Chocolate chip: Hillsdale’s favorite cookie
They’re easily one of the most common snacks in America. A staple, not a specialty, as sophomore Grace Leonard, a baker for Bon Appétit, said. There aren’t too many good stories about baking cookies, according to sophomore Madeleine Brylski. She said there are more exciting bakery stories about non-cookie-related things, like exploding air compression hoses....
Student builds molecular library of quinolines
Synthesizing a group of molecules and testing their biological applications can be difficult to accomplish in a six-week span, according to senior biochemistry major Katelyn Bercaw. To help future researchers, Bercaw spent part of her summer synthesizing several types of quinolines, a group of molecules known to have medicinal applications. The quinoline library she constructed...
Charger Chatter: Jaycie Burger
What is your favorite thing about playing basketball? I like the competition and I like my teammates a lot. They definitely make Hillsdale basketball really special. Do you have any pre-game rituals? I normally just listen to music and then, as a team, we like do a dance before we go out and play so...



