Month: October 2018

Home 2018 October
Historic Hysteria: Sock Day
Post

Historic Hysteria: Sock Day

“Men will Don Gay Colors while Girls Wear Hair in Curls.” What. A. Headline. The April 21 1921 issue of The Collegian did not disappoint in its description of an extinct, but absolutely electric, Hillsdale Holiday: Sock Day. The article reads, “Some years ago, we don’t know just when, the men of Hillsdale College with...

Hayden Park sports new soccer fields
Post

Hayden Park sports new soccer fields

With more than $200,000 in recent improvements for Hayden Park, the park’s staff is looking to attract larger crowds than ever to the recreation spot, according to Hayden Park Fitness and Recreation Director Bill Lundberg. Lundberg, one of the driving forces behind the improvements to the park, helped make the decision to allocate funds to...

Spiegel speaks on racial justice, open-mindedness
Post

Spiegel speaks on racial justice, open-mindedness

Few memorials to Martin Luther King Jr., pay tribute to the true bases of his civil-rights progress — which “pivoted on ideas that are much less popular now,” argued Jim Spiegel, professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. Speaking to an audience of about 30 people in a lecture at Hillsdale College on Thursday,...

The Roman Catholic Church preserves beauty, tradition
Post

The Roman Catholic Church preserves beauty, tradition

For many Hillsdale students, faith is central to our identity. It can be a source of fierce loyalty and occasional conflict. But aggression is the last thing we want surrounding the topic of religion, and as Christians, dialogue about theology ought to be conducted with charity and humility, especially when pointing out differences between Catholic...