In the 1970s—back before commercial irony—the soda company Faygo ran a wildly successful TV ad featuring a group of adults boarding a steamboat and singing arm-in-arm about their favorite childhood memories. It’s hard to tell what exactly is being sold until the very end, when the boat paddles off into the sunset. The lotus-drinkers conclude...
Chargers place second at G-MAC Championships
The Hillsdale Chargers had little choice but to grind through the mud during the G-MAC Cross Country championship race. “Morgan [Morrison] described it as running through macaroni and cheese,” junior Arena Lewis said. Morrison is a sophomore on the men’s cross country team. Despite their efforts, the Chargers fell short, earning second place with 52...
Chargers sweep Ursuline in tournament quarterfinal
The Hillsdale Chargers swept Ursuline College in three sets on Tuesday, clinching home-court advantage for the G-MAC tournament this weekend. The match started out close, but the team was able to come together and deliver decisive victories of 25-11, 25-14, and 25-18. “I think we just had to get settled in a little bit,” assistant...
GOAL Program, dormitories host Red Cross blood drive on Friday
Hillsdale College’s GOAL Program is taking to Instagram to share the stories of students who have been positively affected by blood drive donations throughout their lifetime in preparation for a recurrent blood drive this Friday. Tomorrow, Nov. 9, the Red Cross Blood Drive will be set up in Grewcock Student Union from 11a.m. to 7p.m.,...
Planetary scientist visits, discusses politics in scientific community
Accomplished planetary scientist Mimi Gerstell, PhD gave a public lecture Oct. 31 titled “Perspectives on Mars.” Roughly 25 students attended the Astronomy Club talk during which she recounted a few anecdotes from her book “Fish Stories by a Scientific Nobody.” Gerstell completed her undergraduate degree in mathematics at Harvard University and later earned her doctorate...




