The Hillsdale men’s cross country team placed sixth on a snowy day in Hayden Park at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional on Nov. 17. That wasn’t quite high enough for the team to advance to the national meet on Saturday, but junior standout Joey Humes finished fifth to qualify for the national meet individually. ...
Year: 2018
Local shops celebrate small businesses during holiday season
As shoppers bombarded stores as early as Thursday evening for Black Friday sales and others shopped online for Cyber Monday deals, local shops celebrated Small Business Saturday as a way to promote businesses in town and encourage people to shop local. Many of Hillsdale’s local businesses participated with special deals, extended hours and new merchandise....
The migrant caravan is the only pressing foreign policy issue
Over the last week, three foreign policy events have dominated the news cycle: The Russian seizure of Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait; the CIA’s discovery that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) ordered the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi; and the storming of our southern border by the Central American migrant...
The Weekly: Keep giving thanks
Thanksgiving Day is over, and the Christmas season has begun — right out of the gate Friday morning (no, Thursday afternoon!) with Black Friday shopping sprees, Cyber Monday sales, and our token #GivingTuesday. The National Retail Federation estimates record spending over the weekend amounted to as much as $720 billion. For college students, the temptation...
The Crimes of J.K. Rowling
In the movie titled after his own despicable actions, the dark wizard Grindelwald commits no truly evil action. In the franchise that’s supposed to deal with fantastic beasts, the beasts hardly see any screen time in the newest film of the Harry Potter universe, “The Crimes of Grindelwald.” The film starts in 1927 with the...




