Timothy Dixon resigned this week from the Hillsdale City Council. The Ward 2 councilman submitted a letter of resignation to Mayor Adam Stockford and the other councilmembers, which the council accepted unanimously at its meeting Monday night. “I purchased a different home and now no longer have a recognized address located within the City...
Trust, but verify. This Russian proverb — popularized by former President Ronald Reagan — is a mantra for journalism. Trust sources, but check what they say. It should be the mantra for investigating sexual assault too. When a woman comes forward with an allegation of sexual assault, the first reaction should be to believe her....
With cameras and two young models dressed in 19th-century costumes, five high schoolers trekked to Baw Beese Lake one day this summer to stage photos for their four-month-long project: a book about the young Winona, the daughter of Chief Baw Beese, who ruled the Algonquin tribe in Hillsdale County in the 1800s. Samuel Beach, Gretchen...
Solving problems in the dorm is part of the Resident Assistant job description. But this August, Hillsdale College RAs and other student leaders went a step further. Every January and August, student leaders including RAs, sports team captains, and student security employees spend six days taking an interdisciplinary course called Theory and Applications in Responsibility...
On the day Hurricane Florence destroyed her hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, sophomore Madie Schider, affectionately dubbed “the little hurricane” by her teammates, was spiking, digging, and blocking her way through a volleyball game against the University of Findlay. Schider spent the week prior to the game and the storm worrying about the outcome of...