“I think I have the best job in government,” said Paul Ray ’08, recently appointed acting head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. After graduating from Hillsdale College, Ray earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has clerked in the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit and for Supreme Court Justice...
‘The first notes’: Hillsdale violinists teach next generation
If you walk into the lowest floor of the Howard Music Hall on a weekday, you may occasionally hear a young student bowing through “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on a violin, accompanied by a college-age instructor. One of these instructors, senior Josh Brown, teaches 12 beginner violinists at the Howard Music Hall and at Gier...
Historic Hysteria: campus intramural competitions generated Collegian commentary
If you think people in Hillsdale take intramural sports seriously today (not many people would make this claim, but just in case), you should look back to 1956 when The Collegian dedicated an entire column to Intramurals entitled “Intramural Scene.” Filled with stats and play-by-play reports, the column was an informative campus news source. However,...
Student researches Hillsdale women during Civil War
Josh Waechter is doing something that’s never been done before at Hillsdale. A junior majoring in history and a George Washington Fellow, Waechter has undertaken an independent research project to fulfill the fellowship’s work component. It’s the first time a student has initiated a semester-long research project on his own, especially with the aim of...
Mollie Hemingway to join Kirby Center teaching staff
Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist and Fox News contributor, will join the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Statesmanship staff next fall as a journalism professor. As part of the ongoing project to expand Hillsdale’s campus in Washington, D.C., Hemingway has been hired to teach journalism classes for students in...




