Longtime Hillsdale resident and former mayor Doug Ingles will challenge County Commissioner Ruth Brown for the District 1 County Commissioner seat in 2020. Ingles moved from councilmember, to mayor pro tem, to mayor in the 1990s. Ingles said he missed public service after his term as mayor, but he did not have the time to...
‘Voices together cannot be ignored’
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, a tumultuous campaign season foreshadowed the aggressive “Resistance,” as Wall Street Journal editorialist Kimberley Strassel calls Trump haters in her newest book “Resistance (At All Costs)” released Oct. 15. This “Resistance” movement would violate ethical codes and due process in an attempt to impeach the president....
Women Commissioners hold first Charger Derby fundraiser
The track was clear and the weather was fair for the Hillsdale College Women Commissioners inaugural Charger Derby. Held Nov. 2 in the Searle Center, the fundraising event raised roughly $100,000 for student scholarships and attracted 255 guests for an evening of simulated horse racing and a silent auction. The Women Commissioners hosted the virtual derby in...
Interfraternity Council builds unity between Greek houses
At Hillsdale, being a member of a fraternity means making close friends within your house and forming a lasting brotherhood with fellow members as you walk through life at Hillsdale with the support of a house full of principled men. Recently, however, it has also meant involvement in the Interfraternity Council, which brings all of...
Barney Charter director, Kilgore, says ‘farewell’
After 10 years as Hillsdale College’s director of the Barney Charter School Initiative, Phil Kilgore is saying farewell. Kilgore’s interest in working for Hillsdale College started when his oldest child, Aaron Kilgore, attended the college. In 2009, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn approached Kilgore with a plan to found classical charter schools around the nation....




