There’s an old Russian folktale that is often told with the help of Matryoshka nesting dolls. A man was trying to pull a turnip from the ground, but it was much too big. He called his wife to help him, but still the turnip wouldn’t budge. The wife called their granddaughter over. The three pulled,...
Institutional Advancement hires class of 2018 graduates
Institutional Advancement hired two recent Hillsdale College graduates to assist in fundraising, event planning, and donor relations. Following their graduation in the spring, Nathan Lehman ’18 and Danny Drummond ’18 began working as Institutional Advancement associates. The recent hires will form relationships with Hillsdale College supporters and work to secure funds to help the college...
Hanson: China is a greater threat than Russia
With all the talk about Russia these days, one might forget that there are other countries that pose a threat to the United States — a far greater threat, perhaps. That’s the point Victor Davis Hanson, a visiting scholar from the Hoover Institution, made last Thursday during the Alexander Hamilton Society’s first event of the...
Blast from the Past: Hillsdale Homecoming in 1988
Lack of Spirit: A Guest Editorial Editorial (Hillsdale Collegian: September 29, 1988) Dear Student Body, Four years ago we came to Hillsdale College as freshmen, excited to embark upon our college career with all the enthusiasm of most freshman, and most importantly, to attend college football games. Warm, sunny Saturday afternoons, sitting in the bleachers,...
Blast from the Past: Hillsdale Homecoming in 1978
The Collegian published a recap of Homecoming events in the October 12, 1978 issue. Homecoming welcomed near 2,000 By:Randy Jaros Once again, another Homecoming Weekend has come and gone, and perhaps a little too quickly for most people. Nearly 2000 alumni returned this weekend and most left feeling glad they did so. THE...




