To be the best, you have to play the best. It’s a lesson the Hillsdale volleyball team learned this past weekend at the Ferris State University Invitational in Big Rapids, Michigan. The Chargers kicked off their season with matches against some of the best teams in the country, including Concordia University, St. Paul, the defending...
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra has long provided beauty and culture to campus through its challenging yet lovely performances. But in the last couple years, it has gained well-earned national recognition. In July, American Prize awarded Hillsdale’s orchestra second place in the college division of its nationwide arts competition. Davidson College Symphony Orchestra in Davidson,...
Five Hillsdale College students spent five weeks at the end of their summer digging trenches in Hayden Park, soldering cables, programming software, and analyzing data for a special radio astronomy project. Under the supervision of Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Dolch, the group constructed a radio telescope antenna array, called the Low-Frequency All-Sky Monitor, that...
In Morocco, senior Alexander Green ventured into a small rug and scarf shop. Sitting behind the loom, a man waved to him, and Green walked over. “He started speaking very broken English with me,” Green said, before remembering that Moroccans speak many languages. “I tried speaking Spanish with him even though Arabic was his native...
Hands shaking, Brad Monastiere marked a “1” in Grand Valley State University’s loss category on the stat sheet from his vantage in the press box. It was Hillsdale College’s 2009 Homecoming football game, and the Chargers had just stamped out Grand Valley’s 48-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory. “I was like, no one’s done...