In the middle of a nationwide debate over violence in schools, last week Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parker threw his support behind The Michigan School Safety Reform Plan, a proposal designed to prevent violence in Michigan schools. “Additional steps can be taken to help keep our schools safe,” Parker said in a press release....
Year: 2018
Hillsdale’s house on the Hill
At first, the rattling chandelier in Apartment C of the Hillsdale House dragged students from their rooms, wondering grouchily if this was an earthquake or the guys in Apartment D above. It was the latter: D’s residents tumbled apologetically down the steps to explain that junior Christian Yiu had just been doing his jumping jacks,...
Repealing the Second Amendment won’t make schools safe for students
Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with the evil purpose to murder the innocent. His killing spree prematurely ended the futures of seventeen Americans, forever changed the lives of their families, and deprived our world of bright young men and women. The progressive response to this tragedy peaked in a New York...
Steal me, sweet song: A singer’s path to finding her voice
Flying back from Boston after spring break, senior Susena Finegan remembered she was going to sing a solo in the orchestra’s performance of “Steal Me Sweet Thief,” an aria by Gian Carlo Menotti. After placing in January’s concerto competition, Susena will sing the song from “The Old Maid and the Thief” along with the orchestra...
Softball sweeps home doubleheader vs. OVU
Although it took a game for the bats to get warmed up, the Hillsdale softball team opened its first homestand of the season with a sweep of the Ohio Valley University Scots, improving to 4-2 in the G-MAC and 10-8 overall. “It was really a good day for us,” head coach Joe Abraham said. “At...




