Aside from being admitted, paying tuition, and taking classes at Hillsdale College, there are certain qualifications that make one a tried and true Hillsdalian. Only a real Hillsdale student has experienced the following. You’ve face-planted on the ridiculously uneven sidewalk of Manning. You’ve been caught checking yourself in the extensive Heritage Room window. You...
Year: 2018
Student spends summer break researching Parkinson’s-related protein
Over the summer, senior Natalie Meckel was admitted to a research program, spending the summer crystallizing proteins for neutron diffraction experiments at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to take part in the 10-week Redox Biology Center Summer Research (REU) Program. “I’d planned on doing research ever since I was a freshman as part of my...
Box replaces T drive on campus
After a nine month, multi-departmental trial run, Hillsdale Information Technology Services (ITS) has officially integrated Box as a campus-wide software solution. “Box is essentially a cloud content service provider just like Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive,” ITS Systems Administrator Mark Janowiak said. “It enables a lot more features as far as collaboration...
New biology professor emphasizes real-world applications
With the retirement of Hillsdale’s Professor of Biology Bob Miller this past spring, Sang-Chul Nam has been hired as new associate professor of biology, teaching Biology 101 and Developmental Biology this semester. After a process involving the weighing of many candidates, Professor of Biology David Houghton said that Nam is “one of the most qualified...
The love that made her: How Catholics should respond to the church corruption
“If one member suffers, all suffer together.” Thus writes St. Paul to the church at Corinth (1 Cor. 12:26). What does this mean when a thousand members have suffered in ways unimaginable to me? The recent Pennsylvania grand jury report has again unmasked clerical sexual abuse of minors, failed attempts to treat priests with therapy...




